Part-time work schedules are a popular option for many women struggling to reconcile the
competing demands of employment and motherhood. They are controversial among …

This article highlights the extent to which finding a job without actively searching
(“nonsearching”) sustains workplace sex segregation. We suspect that unsolicited …

Over the past 50 years, occupational segregation by gender has markedly declined in the
United States. This paper uses data from the decennial censuses and the National …

Prior research on women's work and family conflicts virtually ignored women serving in the
military. Research on women in the military tends to focus on health issues and retention …

Inequality in labor market outcomes is a cornerstone of the US stratification system. A key
aspect of these outcomes is earnings inequalities because of how earnings differences are …

This study examines the relationship between gender, identity, and career within the context
of a feminized occupation in order to understand the persistence of gender segregation in …

This dissertation consists of three papers. The first paper examines the impact of inter-firm
mobility on wage trajectories of three birth cohorts of young male workers, focusing on how …

The 2008 recession left the US economy at its lowest point since the Great Depression.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national unemployment rate was 9.5% for …