This is discouraging and disheartening.

Andrea


On Dec 24, 2006, at 1:50 PM, Daphne Greenberg wrote:


> I thought that some of you may be interested in the following article

> found at:

> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/business/24gap.html?th&emc=th

> THE NEW GENDER DIVIDE

> Gender Pay Gap, Once Narrowing, Is Stuck in Place

> By DAVID LEONHARDT

> A decade ago, it seemed that men and women with similar qualifications

> might soon make nearly identical salaries.

> Today, that is far harder to envision.

> And a quote:

> "Nothing happened to the pay gap from the mid-1950s to the late '70s.

> Then the '80s stood out as a period of sharp increases in women's pay.

> And it's much less impressive after that."

> - FRANCINE D. BLAU, a Cornell economist, on gender differences in pay.

>

> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/business/24gap.html?th&emc=th

>

> Daphne Greenberg

> Assistant Professor

> Educational Psych. & Special Ed.

> Georgia State University

> P.O. Box 3979

> Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979

> phone: 404-651-0127

> fax:404-651-4901

> dgreenberg at gsu.edu

>

> Daphne Greenberg

> Associate Director

> Center for the Study of Adult Literacy

> Georgia State University

> P.O. Box 3977

> Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977

> phone: 404-651-0127

> fax:404-651-4901

> dgreenberg at gsu.edu

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