Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Tweet[IWS] JEC: WOMEN & the ECONOMY 2010: 25 Years of Progress But Challenges Remain [25 August 2010]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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United States Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Women and the Economy 2010: 25 Years of Progress But Challenges Remain [25 August 2010]
or
http://jec.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=f9f3a9b8-2f54-4e83-9029-477a3fc73cd5
[full-text, 14 pages]
Includes numerous CHARTS....
[excerpt]
This report, which includes annual data from 1984 through 2009, provides a
comprehensive overview of women’s economic progress over the last twenty-five
years and highlights the additional work left to be done. The role of women in
the American economy is of indisputable importance. The future of the American
economy depends on women’s work, both inside and outside the home.
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