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Title: The New Breadwinner: Women now account for half of all jobs, with sweeping consequences for our nations economy, society, and future prosperity

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Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: In this chapter, A Womans Nation explores the new American economy, which, for the first time, contains a workforce evenly split along gender lines. Not only do women now make up 50 percent of the nations workforce, but working mothers are also now the primary or co-breadwinners in a majority of American families. Nevertheless, from the types of jobs women hold to how much (or how little) they are compensated, equity in the workplace has not yet been achieved, despite womens new parity in the workplace. The starkest indicator of this fact is the pay gapthe average woman working full time earns a mere 77 cents for every dollar earned by her male counterpart.

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Authors: Boushey, Heather

Editors: Boushey, Heather; O'Leary, Ann

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Volume Title: The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything

Publisher: Free Press

Publisher Location: New York

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Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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