The wage gap occurs despite the fact that, on average, women are actually better educated compared to men. Identify the factors that influence this circumstance.
What will be an ideal response?
There are many factors that lead to a wage gap, despite women begin better educated compared to men on average. These factors include the motherhood penalty, occupational segregation, gender differences in compensation negotiation and entitlement, implicit stereotypes, gender discrimination in job advertisements and in the workplace, and the workplace climate.
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a) Latin America b) Africa c) the Far East d) the Middle East
Based on their work at Hull House, Jane Addams and Florence Kelley articulated the core Progressive belief that
A) collective bargaining and strikes were the most effective means of obtaining rights for workers. B) the nationalization of industry would be the key to improving working-class lives. C) the environment played an important role in shaping the lives of the poor. D) people were personally responsible for the conditions in which they lived. E) religious faith could effect more change than could practical reforms.
How did the advent of mass production change the lives of many Americans in the early twentieth century?
A) Americans attained the highest standard of living in the world. B) There was an increase in racial harmony among U.S. workers. C) Unemployment rates plummeted due to the mechanization of production. D) The farmers of rural America benefited due to increased demand for produce. E) Poverty went into decline due to the availability of cheap goods.
The first American to be launched into space, in 1961, was
A. Neil Armstrong. B. Alan Shepard. C. John Glenn. D. Yuri Gagarin. E. Edwin Aldrin.