That one gender-based occupational comparison that sticks in my craw

The one chilling reason why nursing aides earn less than driver/sales workers.

US Divorce Rates by Occupation and Gender

From personal care aides to lawyers for women, from cooks to engineers for men: Divorce rates by occupation and gender.

Review of Relational Inequalities: An Organizational Approach, with audio

I had the privilege of sitting on an author-meets-critics panel for the the book Relational Inequalities: An Organizational Approach, by Donald Tomaskovic-Devey and Dustin Avent-Holt, at the Eastern Sociological Society meetings this weekend. The panel was organized by Steven Vallas, and included Adia Harvey Wingfield. Because two other panelists canceled, I had a lot of time…

Job turnover and divorce (preconference preprint)

What is the connection between job insecurity and family commitments?

7 facts about the gender gap, for #EqualPayDay

The gender gap: so many ways for so many women to get paid less men.

The most comprehensive analysis ever of the gender of New York Times writers

Out of 21,440 article in three months, women wrote 34%. In Opinion, U.S., World, Business, and Sports, men wrote more than two-thirds of all articles. In headline words, it's Beauty, Children, Home, Women versus US, Deal, Business, and Iran.

What do doctors, lawyers, police, and librarians Google?

Now with college teachers! What do doctors, lawyers, police, and librarians Google? I'll tell you. But first -- if you are going to take this too seriously, please stop now. Data and Method Using IPUMS to extract data from the 2010-2012 American Community Survey, I count the number of people ages 25-64, currently employed, in…

Why are only 29% of NYTimes.com front page authors women?

Women were 124 out of 421 authors on the front page over 26 samples in 32 days. Why?

Percent female among bylined New York Times website authors, circa 3 p.m. on December 24, 2013

36% female, with a segregation score of .42 across sections.

Gender devaluation, in one comparison

Apples to apples, light truck drivers earn 13% more than nursing assistants. Can you see why?