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Who Comes Back? A Longitudinal Analysis of the Re-Entry Behavior of Exiting Teachers
The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future estimates that one-third of all new teachers leave after three years, and 46 percent are gone within five years. This attrition, which has grown by 50% over the past 15 years, costs approximately … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Secondary Education
Tagged attrition, child-rearing, labor supply, males, re-entry, teachers, women
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The Greater the Number of Guns the Greater the Number of Killings
Here are some facts on guns and killings: The greater the number of guns the greater the number of violent deaths, both homicides and suicides. If there’s a gun in the house women and children are more likely to die … Continue reading
OECD Study: In the Developed World, Women Work More than Men
Who works more, men or women? The answer, according to a new study by OECD, depends on what one counts. I. If You Just Count Minutes per Day in Paid Work, Men Come out Ahead II. However, If You Count … Continue reading
Married Women, Family Income and Recessions
During the Great Recession unemployment among men was particularly high, with 69 percent of the jobs lost held by men. At the Great Recession’s peak overall unemployment was 10.0 percent in October 2009. At that time men’s unemployment was 11.2 percent and women’s at … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Gender, Higher Education, Secondary Education
Tagged economy, education, family income, gender, gender roles, higher education, recession, secondary education, wives, women
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A Judge Affirms a CEO’s Right to Deny Contraceptive Coverage Because It Conflicts with the CEO’S Religious Beliefs
What have we come to? Who wants matters concerning personal health subject to the religious beliefs of their employer? Judge Robert Cleland, a George H.W. Bush appointee and former Republican candidate for Michigan Attorney General, held yesterday that a private, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Government, Health
Tagged CEO'S, choice, contraception, economy, health care, judicial system, religion, Supreme Court, women
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Extremism, the Blunt Amendment, Obama and Romney
I. What is the Blunt Amendment? “The Blunt Amendment gives virtually limitless and unprecedented license to any employer or insurance plan, religious or not, to exclude any health service, no matter how essential, in the health services they cover,” according … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Gender, Government, Health
Tagged Blunt amendment, gender, health care, Obama, Romney, women
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Male-Female Earnings Gap is Closing
Is the earnings gap between men and women closing? Evidence exists to suggest that’s the case, albeit the gap is not closed. The next figure depicts a 33 year trend of closing the earnings differential between men and women. In … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Gender, Income Distribution, Inequality
Tagged earnings, female, gap, inequality, male, men, women
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Since 1962 Men Never Recover from Recessions
The following graph reveals a striking finding, observed by Matthew Yglesias. The “labor market for men never recovers from recessions. Each trough is followed by a new peak, but the new peak is lower than the previous peak.” (The gray vertical bars in … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Gender, Male Crisis
Tagged employment, gender, labor market, male crisis, men, recessions, women
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Voter ID Laws Disproportionately Effect Women Voters
I hadn’t thought about how voter ID laws (aka “voter suppression laws”) could disproportionately effect women’s ability to vote in the next election until I read this. “Here’s where women get stuck. American women change their names in about 90 percent … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Gender, Government
Tagged democracy, elections, freedom, gender, government, human rights, voter ID laws, voter suppression, voting rights, women
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