The Declining Significance of Gender?

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/ v Contents CONTRIBUTORS vii PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Chapter 1 THE DECLINING SIGNIFICANCE OF GENDER? Francine D. Blau, Mary C. Brinton, and David B. Grusky 3 PART II MAKING SENSE OF CHANGE AND STABILITY IN GENDER INEQUALITY 35 Chapter 2 THE GENDER PAY GAP: GOING, GOING . . . BUT NOT GONE Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn 37 Chapter 3 THE RISING (AND THEN DECLINING) SIGNIFICANCE OF GENDER Claudia Goldin 67 Chapter 4 HOW THE LIFE-CYCLE HUMAN-CAPITAL MODEL EXPLAINS WHY THE GENDER WAGE GAP NARROWED Solomon W. Polachek 102 Chapter 5 HOW MUCH PROGRESS IN CLOSING THE LONG-TERM EARNINGS GAP? Heidi Hartmann, Stephen J. Rose, and Vicky Lovell 125 Chapter 6 THE GLASS CEILING IN THE UNITED STATES AND SWEDEN: LESSONS FROM THE FAMILY-FRIENDLY CORNER OF THE WORLD, 1970 TO 1990 Eva M. Meyersson Milgrom and Trond Petersen 156 PART III POSSIBLE FUTURES OF GENDER INEQUALITY 213 Chapter 7 OPPOSING FORCES: HOW, WHY, AND WHEN WILL GENDER INEQUALITY DISAPPEAR? Robert Max Jackson 215 Chapter 8 TOWARD GENDER EQUALITY: PROGRESS AND BOTTLENECKS Paula England 245 Chapter 9 GENDER AS AN ORGANIZING FORCE IN SOCIAL RELATIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF INEQUALITY Cecilia L. Ridgeway 265 INDEX 289 Contents vi / ...