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Author: Lach, Jennifer
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Advanced Placement American Demographics 22,4 (April 2000): 22 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Demographics Inc. Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Gender Differences; Job Promotion; Racial Differences; Work Experience A promotion usually means more money---and more work. But are male and female workers tapped equally for advancement? A new analysis by researchers Deborah Cobb-Clark and Yvonne Dunlop shows that while a gender gap in promotions exists in the early careers of young men and women, it seems to disappear over time. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, Cobb-Clark and Dunlop tracked promotion rates for the same group of workers in 1990 and 1996. In 1990, the group ranged in age from 23 to 33 years. Men were more likely to get promoted in 1990, but women took the lead six years later, slighly edging out their male colleagues for the corner office. In a recent issue of "Monthly Labor Review" from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the authors suggest that gains in work experience may explain why women catch up with men later in their careers. The story is similar when it comes to black men, they add. In 1990, promotion rates for black men reached 30.4 percent, compared to 34.2 precent for men overall. The gap narrowed substantially by 1996, with advancement for black men at 25.5 percent and men overall at 25.4 percent. |
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Lach, Jennifer. "Advanced Placement." American Demographics 22,4 (April 2000): 22.
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The Babysitter's Club American Demographics 21,7 (July 1999): 27 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: American Demographics Inc. Keyword(s): Employment, Youth; Gender Differences; Hispanics; Racial Differences More than half of all 14-year-olds participate in some type of work, from bagging groceries to babysitting the kids next door, according to the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. White youths are much more likely to punch in than blacks or Hispanics, and girls work more freelance jobs than boys. Teachers, take heart: Kids aged 14 to 15 who work spend roughly the same amount of time on homework as those who don't have a job. |
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Lach, Jennifer. "The Babysitter's Club ." American Demographics 21,7 (July 1999): 27.
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