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    • Gender Discrimination in the Labor Market 

      Schaffer, David L.; Westenberg, Joseph M.; Soborowicz, Levi (2018-01-24)
      In recent research, some economists have suggested that most of the remaining gap in wages between men and women in the U.S. can be explained by the fact that women have more family obliga ...
    • Regional Analysis of Female Age Earnings and the Gender Pay Gap in Scalable and Non-Scalable Professions. 

      Babl, Michael (2009-07-24)
      The focus of this project is to analyze the gender pay gap in scalable and nonscalable professions in the Mid-West and the nation. Assumptions of the Becker Model of Discrimination and Nassim Nicholas Taleb's ideas of ...
    • Wage Penalties in Majority-Female Occupations 

      Hehl, Paige (2010-04)
      Some economic researchers have concluded that labor market discrimination against women in the U.S. has been declining since the 1970s. However, Dr. Schaffer's previous research suggested otherwise. Our research, using a ...