Women have entered the labor market in unprecedented numbers, yet these critically needed workers still earn less than men and have fewer opportunities for advancement. This study traces the evolution of the female labor force in America, addressing the issue of gender distinction in the workplace and refuting the notion that women's employment advances were a response to social revolution rather than long-run economic progress. Employing innovative quantitative history methods and new data series on employment, earnings, work experience, discrimination, and hours of work, it establishes that...
Women have entered the labor market in unprecedented numbers, yet these critically needed workers still earn less than men and have fewer opportunitie...
Despite recent corporate scandals, the United States is among the world s least corrupt nations. But in the nineteenth century, the degree of fraud and corruption in America approached that of today s most corrupt developing nations, as municipal governments and robber barons alike found new ways to steal from taxpayers and swindle investors. In Corruption and Reform, contributors explore this shadowy period of United States history in search of better methods to fight corruption worldwide today. Contributors to this volume address the measurement and consequences of fraud and...
Despite recent corporate scandals, the United States is among the world s least corrupt nations. But in the nineteenth century, the degree of fraud an...
