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Gender Inequality in the Labor Market: Continuing Progress?

Francine D. Blau

ILR Review (Industrial and Labor Relations Review)2025https://doi.org/10.1177/00197939241308844article
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Abstract

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.

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@article{francine2025,
  title        = {{Gender Inequality in the Labor Market: Continuing Progress?}},
  author       = {Francine D. Blau},
  journal      = {ILR Review (Industrial and Labor Relations Review)},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/00197939241308844},
}

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Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.57 × 0.4 = 0.23
M · momentum0.78 × 0.15 = 0.12
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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