Gender Inequality in the Labor Market: Continuing Progress?
本文分析了美国女性在劳动力参与、职业地位和性别工资差距方面的趋势，指出1990年代后进步放缓甚至停滞，并认为若无政策干预，缩小性别差距的可能性不大。
This article examines the trends in women’s economic outcomes in the United States, focusing primarily on labor force participation, occupational attainment, and the gender wage gap. Considerable progress was made on all dimensions prior to the 1990s followed by a slowing or stalling of gains thereafter, with a plateauing of female labor force participation trends and a slowing of women’s occupational and wage convergence with men. The author considers the likelihood that progress in narrowing gender gaps will resume in these areas, and concludes it is unlikely without policy intervention. She then considers new policy initiatives to address work–family issues and labor market discrimination that may help to increase female labor force participation and narrow gender inequities in the labor market.