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In 1993, federal legislation was passed that required most firms to provide unpaid maternity leave for up to 12 weeks. Yet motherhood remains a primary obstacle to women's economic success. This volume's eight chapters provide provocative new analyses of women's status in the labor market while exploring the debate surrounding parental leave from a variety of perspectives. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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FRANCINE D. BLAU is Frances Perkins Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University and research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At Cornell University, she is also research director of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, director of the Institute for Labor Market Policy, faculty associate of the Cornell Employment and Family Careers Institute, and affiliate of the Women's Studies Program.
RONALD G. EHRENBERG is Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics and director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute. He is also research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and is president-elect of the Society of Labor Economists.
CONTRIBUTORS: Francine D. Blau, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Barbara R. Bergmann, Rebecca M. Blank, Ileen A. DeVault, Paula England, Marianne A. Ferber, Claudia Goldin, Jonathan Gruber, Marjorie Honig, Lawrence F. Katz, Jacob Alex Klerman, Renee M. Landers, Arleen Leibowitz, Janice Fanning Madden, Olivia S. Mitchell, H. Elizabeth Peters, Solomon W. Polachek, James B. Rebitzer, Cordelia W. Reimers, Donna S. Rothstein, Christopher J. Ruhm, Myra H. Strober, Lowell J. Taylor, Jackqueline L. Teague, Jane Waldfogel, and Michael Waldman.
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In 1993, federal legislation was passed that required most firms to provide unpaid maternity leave for up to 12 weeks. Yet motherhood remains a primary obstacle to women's economic success. This volume's eight chapters provide provocative new analyses of women's status in the labor market while exploring the debate surrounding parental leave from a
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Gender and Family Issues in the Workplace / Francine D. Blau, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Editors
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