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New IWPR Study Examines the Benefits of Alternative Employment Patterns for Male and Female Workers

The quality of jobs created in the 1980s- and whether these were "good" jobs or "bad" jobs---has been the source of a highly charged debate.

By Roberta Spalter-Roth, Lois Shaw and Heidi Hartmann|2020-12-28T03:47:43-05:00June 1, 1993|IWPR|Comments Off on New IWPR Study Examines the Benefits of Alternative Employment Patterns for Male and Female Workers

Women in Telecommunications: Exception to the Rule of Low Pay for Women’s Work

Within the private service sector, the telecommunications industry-- the core of the post-industrial, high-technology, information industry--has been the exception to the rule of low pay for female-dominated work.

By Roberta Spalter-Roth and Heidi Hartmann|2020-11-29T18:50:12-05:00May 1, 1992|IWPR|Comments Off on Women in Telecommunications: Exception to the Rule of Low Pay for Women’s Work

Increasing Working Mother’s Earnings: The Importance of Race, Family, and Job Characteristics

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By Heidi Hartmann and Roberta Spalter-Roth|2020-11-15T02:09:40-05:00January 7, 1992|IWPR|Comments Off on Increasing Working Mother’s Earnings: The Importance of Race, Family, and Job Characteristics

Science and Politics and the “Dual Vision” of Feminist Policy Research: The Example of Family and Medical Leave

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By Roberta Spalter-Roth and Heidi Hartmann|2020-12-14T02:13:15-05:00September 1, 1991|IWPR|Comments Off on Science and Politics and the “Dual Vision” of Feminist Policy Research: The Example of Family and Medical Leave