Francine Blau

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Economics
Francine Blau

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Overview

Francine D. Blau is Frances Perkins Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Economics at Cornell University, a Research Associate of the NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research), and a Research Fellow of IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor); CESIfo (Institute for Economic Research); and DIW (German Institute for Economic Research). She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and her BS from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Before returning to Cornell in 1994, she was on the faculty at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Professor Blau has served as President of the Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) and the Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA), Vice President of the American Economic Association (AEA), President of the Midwest Economics Association (MEA), and Chair of the AEA Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP). She was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association in 2018. In 2010, she received the IZA Prize for outstanding achievement in labor economics (the first woman to receive this prestigious award) and, in 2017, was awarded the Jacob Mincer Award by the Society of Labor Economists in recognition of a lifetime of contributions to the field of labor economics. She is also the 2001 recipient of the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award from CSWEP for furthering the status of women in the economics profession. In 2017, she was awarded the Groat Alumni Award for outstanding professional accomplishments from Cornell’s ILR School. She is a fellow of the Society of Labor Economists, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and the Labor and Employment Relations Association. She is an Associate Editor of Labour Economics and was formerly an editor of the Journal of Labor Economics and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives. She serves or has served on numerous Editorial Boards, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Labor Economics, the Journal of Economic Perspectives, the ILR Review, the Journal of Labor Research, and The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, among others.

Professor Blau has written extensively on gender issues, wage inequality, immigration, and international comparisons of labor market outcomes. She is the author of Equal Pay in the Office and Gender, Inequality, and Wages, and, with Lawrence Kahn, of At Home and Abroad: U.S. Labor Market Performance in International Perspective (recipient of the Richard A. Lester Prize for the outstanding book in labor economics and industrial relations for 2002). She is co-editor of The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration; The Declining Significance of Gender?; and Gender and Family Issues in the Workplace. She is also coauthor, with Anne Winkler, of The Economics of Women, Men, and Work currently in its 9th edition (Oxford University Press).

Publications

Textbooks

  • , & . . The Economics of Women, Men, and Work. Oxford University Press.
  • , & . . The Economics of Women, Men, and Work. Oxford University Press.
  • , , & . . The Economics of Women, Men, and Work. Pearson.
  • , , & . . The Economics of Women, Men, and Work. Prentice-Hall/Pearson.

Book Chapters

  • , & . . The Sources of the Gender Pay Gap: An Economics Perspective. In Social Stratification. Routledge.
  • , & . . US Female Labor Force Participation: Falling Behind Other Countries. In Social Stratification. Routledge.
  • , , , & . . Mentoring Matters for Women in Economics. (pp. 125-130). CEPR Press.
  • , & . . "Women, Men, and Family". Oxford University Press.
  • . . Gender, Economics of. In International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Science. Elsevier.
  • , & . . Immigration and the Distribution of Incomes. In Handbook of the Economics of International Migration. (pp. 793-843). Elsevier.
  • . . The Sources of the Gender Pay Gap. In The New Gilded Age: The Critical Inequality Debates of our Time. Stanford University Press.
  • , & . . Women and Men in the Economy. In International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
  • , & . . Inequality and Earnings Distribution. In Oxford Handbook on Economic Inequality . (pp. 177-203). Oxford University Press.
  • , & . . Women's Work and Wages. In The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. (pp. 762-772). Palgrave Macmillan.
  • , & . . Gender and Assimilation among Mexican Americans. In Mexican Immigration. (pp. 57-106). University of Chicago Press.
  • , & . . The Gender Pay Gap: Going, Going, ... But Not Gone. In The Declining Significance of Gender?. (pp. 37-66). Russell Sage Foundation.
  • , & . . Collective Bargaining, Relative Wages and Employment: International Microeconomic Evidence. In Changing Role of Unions: New Forms of Representation. (pp. 169-228). M.E. Sharpe.
  • , , & . . Comparative Analysis of Labor-Market Outcomes: Lessons for the United States from International Long-Run Evidence. In The Roaring Nineties. Russell Sage: Century Foundation Press.
  • , & . . Gender and Youth Employment Outcomes: The US and West Germany, 1984-91. In Youth Unemployment and Employment in Advanced Countries. University of Chicago Press.
  • , & . . Institutions and Laws in the Labor Market. In Handbook of Labor Economics. North-Holland.
  • . . On Becoming and Being an Economist. In Passion and Craft: Economists At Work. (pp. 20-38). University of Michigan Press.
  • . . The Gender Pay Gap. In Women's Work and Wages. Routledge.
  • . . Alumni Perspective. In The ILR School at Fifty. (pp. 91-93). Cornell University.
  • . . Comments on 'Child Care: Private Cost or Public Responsibility'. In Individual and Social Responsibility: Child Care, Education, Medical Care, and Long-Term Care in America. University of Chicago Press.
  • , & . . Why Does the U.S. Have Higher Male Wage Inequality? Prices Versus Characteristics. In Comparisons Internationale De Salaires. INSEE.
  • , & . . The Gender Earnings Gap: Some International Evidence. In Differences and Changes in Wage Structures. University of Chicago Press.
  • , & . . The Changing Composition of the U.S. Labor Force: Implications for Public Policy. In The Change of Employment Environment and Human Resource Management in U.S. and Japanese Labor Markets. (pp. 163-191). Japan Institute of Labour.
  • , & . . Race and Gender Pay Differentials. In Research Frontiers in Industrial Relations and Human Resources. (pp. 381-416). Industrial Relations Research Association.
  • . . The Fertility of Immigrant Women: Evidence from High Fertility Source Countries. In Immigration and the Workforce: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas. (pp. 93-133). University of Chicago Press.
  • , & . . Women's Work, Women's Lives: A Comparative Perspective. In Women's Work and Women's Lives: The Continuing Struggle Worldwide. (pp. 28-46). Westview Press.
  • , & . . Women in the Labor Force: An Overview. In Women: A Feminist Perspective. (pp. 265-286). Mayfield.
  • . . Changes in Labor Force Opportunities: An Appraisal. In Ingredients for Women's Employment Policy. (pp. 239-243). SUNY Press.
  • . . Comments on W. Lee Hansen and Karen Holden, 'Part-time Work and Occupational Segregation'. In Gender in the Work Place. (pp. 238-240). The Brookings Institution.
  • . . Gender. In The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economic Theory and Doctrine. (pp. 492-498). Macmillan Press.
  • , & . . Women's Earnings and Occupations. In Women and Work: 1986 Industrial Relations Research Association Research Volume. (pp. 37-68). Bureau of National Affairs.
  • . . Immigration and the U.S. Taxpayer. In Essays on Legal and Illegal Immigration. (pp. 89-110). W.E. Upjohn Institute.
  • . . Discrimination Against Women: Theory and Evidence. In Labor Economics: Modern Views. (pp. 53-89). Kluwer-Nijhoff.
  • . . Occupational Segregation and Labor Market Discrimination: A Critical Review. In Sex Segregation in the Workplace: Trends, Explanations, Remedies. (pp. 117-143). National Academy Press.
  • . . The Data on Women Workers: Past, Present, and Future. In Women and Their Work. (pp. 29-62). Mayfield.
  • . . The Impact of the Unemployment Rate on Labor Force Entries and Exits. In Women's Changing Roles at Home and on the Job. (pp. 263-288). National Commission on Manpower Policy Special Report No. 26.
  • . . Longitudinal Patterns of Female Labor Force Participation. In Dual Careers - A Longitudinal Study of the Labor Market Experience of Women. (pp. 27-55). U.S. Department of Labor, Manpower Research Monograph No. 21.
  • . . Sex Segregation of Workers by Enterprise in Clerical Occupations. In Labor Market Segmentation. (pp. 257-278). Lexington Books.
  • , & . . The Political Economy of the (Brazilian) Education System. In Contemporary Brazil: Issues in Economic and Political Development. (pp. 371-398). Praeger.

Journal Articles

  • , , & . . Who are the Essential and Frontline Workers?. Business Economics, 56(3), 168-178.
  • , , , , , & . . Culture and Gender Allocation of Tasks: Source Country Characteristics, Housework, and Childcare Division of Labor among US Immigrants. Review of Economics of the Household, 18(4), 907-958. (DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-020-09501-2)
  • , , , , & . . Is There Still Son Preference in the United States?. Journal of Population Economics, 33(3), 709-750. (DOI:DOI 10.1007/s00148-019-00760-7)
  • , , , & . . Can Mentoring Help Female Assistant Professors in Economics? An Evaluation by Randomized Trial. American Economic Review, 110(5).
  • , , , , & . . Declining Son Preference in the US. VOX: CEPR Policy Portal.
  • , & . . The Gender Wage Gap: Extent, Trends, and Sources. Journal of Economic Literature, 55(3), pp. 789-865.
  • . . Immigrants and Gender Roles: Assimilation vs. Culture. IZA Journal of Migration, 4, 21. (DOI:10.1186/s40176-015-0048-5)
  • , & . . SUBSTITUTION BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND CULTURAL CAPITAL: PRE-MIGRATION LABOR SUPPLY, CULTURE AND US LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES AMONG IMMIGRANT WOMEN . Journal of Human Capital, 9(4), 439-482.
  • , & . . Female Labor Supply: Why is the US Falling Behind?. American Economic Review, 103(3), 251-256.
  • , , & . . Erratum to: Trends in Occupational Segregation by Gender 1970-2009: Adjusting for the Impact of Changes in the Occupational Coding System. Demography, 50(2), 493-94.
  • , & . . The Feasibility and Importance of Adding Measures of Actual Experience to Cross-Sectional Data Collection. Journal of Labor Economics, 31(2), S17-S58.
  • , , , & . . The Transmission of Women’s Fertility, Human Capital and Work Orientation Across Immigrant Generations. Journal of Population Economics, 26(2), 405-435.
  • , , & . . Trends in Occupational Segregation by Gender 1980-2009: Adjusting for the Impact of Changes in the Occupational Coding System. Demography, 50(2), 471-492.
  • , , & . . Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation Among Immigrants: 1980-2000. Review of Economics and Statistics, 93(1), 43-58.
  • , , , & . . Can Mentoring Help Female Assistant Professors? Interim Results from a Randomized Trial. American Economic Review, 100(2), 348-52.
  • , , & . . Source Country Characteristics and the Labour Market Assimilation of Immigrant Women. VOX: CEPR Policy Portal.
  • , , & . . Labor Market Institutions and Demographic Employment Patterns. Journal of Population Economics, 20(4), 833-867.
  • , & . . Changes in the Labor Supply Behavior of Married Women: 1980-2000. Journal of Labor Economics, 25(3), 393-438.
  • , & . . New Evidence on Gender Differences in Promotion Rates: An Empirical Analysis of a Sample of New Hires. Industrial Relations Journal, 46(3), 511-550.
  • , & . . The Gender Pay Gap. Economists' Voice.
  • , & . . The Gender Pay Gap: Have Women Gone as Far as They Can?. Academy of Management Perspectives, 21, 7-23.
  • , & . . The US Gender Pay Gap in the 1990s: Slowing Convergence. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 60(1), 45-66.
  • . . Annual Report of the American Economic Association Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. American Economic Review.
  • , & . . Do Cognitive Test Scores Explain Higher US Wage Inequality?. Review of Economics and Statistics, 87(1), 184-193.
  • , & . . Does Affirmative Action Work?. Regional Review/The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
  • . . The Market for New Ph.D. Economists in 2002: Comment. American Economic Review.
  • , , & . . The Impact of Welfare Benefits on Single Motherhood and Headship of Young Women. Journal of Human Resources, 39(2), 382-404.
  • , , , & . . The Role of the Family in Immigrants’ Labor-Market Activity: An Evaluation of Alternative Explanations: Comment. American Economic Review, 93(1).
  • , & . . Understanding International Differences in the Gender Pay Gap. Journal of Labor Economics, 21(1), 106-144.
  • , & . . Reply to Berndt Keller and to David Marsden. Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 23(4), 1077-1081.
  • , & . . The Gender Pay Gap. NBER Reporter.
  • , & . . Gender Differences in Pay. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 14(4), 75-99.
  • , , & . . Understanding Young Women's Marriage Decisions: The Role of Labor and Marriage Market Conditions. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 53(4), 624-647.
  • , & . . Analyzing the Gender Pay Gap. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 625-646.
  • , & . . Institutions and Laws in the Labor Market. Handbook of Labor Economics, 5(3A), 1399-1462.
  • . . The Changing Labor Market for Women. Perspectives on Work, 1(3), 39-42.
  • , , & . . Continuing Progress? Trends in Occupational Segregation Over the 1970s and 1980s. Feminist Economics, 4(3), 29-71.
  • . . Trends in the Well-being of American Women, 1970-1995. Journal of Economic Literature, 36(1), 112-165.
  • , & . . Swimming Upstream: Trends in the Gender Wage Differential in the 1980s. Journal of Labor Economics, 15(1), 1-42.
  • , & . . Wage Structure and Gender Earnings Differentials: An International Comparison. Economica, 63(250), S29-S62.
  • . . Symposium on Primary and Secondary Education: Introduction. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 10(4), 3-8.
  • , & . . International Differences in Male Wage Inequality. Journal of Political Economy, 104(4), 791-837.
  • , & . . Rising Wage Inequality and the U.S. Gender Gap. American Economic Review, 84(2), 23-33.
  • . . Gender and Economic Outcomes: The Role of Wage Structure. Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 73-92.
  • , & . . Comparable Worth. Classrooms and Lunchrooms: A Journal for Teachers of Economics, 4-12.
  • , & . . Maternal Labor Supply and Children's Cognitive Development. Review of Economics and Statistics, 74(3), 474-481.
  • , & . . Black-White Earnings Over the 1970s and 1980s: Gender Differences in Trends. Review of Economics and Statistics, 74(2), 276-286.
  • , & . . The Gender Earnings Gap: Learning from International Comparisons. American Economic Review, 533-538.
  • . . Research Summaries: Gender and Economic Outcomes. NBER Reporter, 4-7.
  • , & . . Career Plans and Expectations of Young Women and Men: The Earnings Gap and Labor Force Participation. Journal of Human Resources, 26(4), 581-607.
  • , & . . Wage and Employment Uncertainty and the Growth of Married Women's Labor Force Participation. Economic Inquiry, 678-695.
  • , & . . Black/White Differences in Wealth and Asset Composition. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 105(2), 321-339.
  • , & . . A Model of Joint Wage and Hiring Discrimination. Research in Labor Economics, 157-205.
  • , & . . Trends in Earnings Differentials by Gender: 1971-1981. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 41(4), 513-529.
  • . . Trends in Earnings of Women and Minorities: Discussion by the Authors. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 41(4), 547-549.
  • , & . . Discrimination: Evidence from the United States. American Economic Review, 316-320.
  • , & . . Women in the Labor Market: The Last Twenty Years. Women and Work, 1.
  • , & . . On Estimating Discrimination in the Economy: Comment. Southern Economic Journal, 51(4), 221-226.
  • . . The Use of Transfer Payments by Immigrants. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 37, 222-239.
  • , & . . Unionism, Seniority and Turnover. Industrial Relations, 22, 362-373.
  • , & . . Job Search and Unionized Employment. Economic Inquiry, 21, 412-430.
  • , & . . Race and Sex Differences in Quits by Young Workers. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 34, 563-577.
  • , & . . Causes and Consequences of Layoffs. Economic Inquiry, 20, 270-296.
  • . . On the Role of Values in Feminist Scholarship. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 6, 538-540.
  • . . Immigration and Labor Earnings in Early Twentieth Century America. Research in Population Economics, 2, 21-41.
  • . . Youth and Jobs: Participation and Unemployment Rates. Youth and Society, 10, 32-52.
  • , & . . Occupational Segregation by Sex: Trends and Prospects. Journal of Human Resources, 14, 197-210.
  • . . Comment on Mueller's 'The Economic Determinants of Volunteer Work by Women'. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 2, 251-254.
  • , & . . Economists' Approaches to Sex Segregation in the Labor Market: An Appraisal. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1(2), 181-199.
  • . . 'Women's Place' in the Labor Market. American Economic Review, 62, 161-166.

Books

  • , & . . The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration. National Academies Press.
  • . . Gender, Inequality, and Wages. Oxford University Press .
  • , , & . . The Declining Significance of Gender? (co-editor). Russell Sage Foundation.
  • , & . . At Home and Abroad: US Labor Market Performance in International Perspective. Russell Sage Foundation.
  • , & . . Wage Inequality: International Comparisons of Its Sources. American Enterprise Institute Press.
  • . . Equal Pay in the Office. Lexington Books.
  • , , , & . . Exploitation from 9 to 5: Report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Women and Employment. Lexington Books.

Magazine Publications

Newsletter

  • , & . . Remembering Marianne A. Ferber.
  • . . From the Chair.
  • , & . . Frances Perkins, Madam Secretary.
  • , & . . Women's Contribution to Labor Economics: Part II.
  • , & . . Women's Contribution to Labor Economics: Part I.

Conference Proceedings

  • , , & . . Collective Bargaining Institutions and Demographic Employment Patterns.
  • . . Widening Differentials by Skill: 'An American Dilemma'.
  • , & . . Youth Employment in the US and West Germany, 1984-91.
  • , & . . International Differences in Male Wage Inequality: Institutions Versus Market Forces.
  • , & . . Women's Progress in the Labor Market: Should we Rest on Our Laurels?.
  • . . Youth Participation Rates and the Availability of Jobs.

Book Sections

  • , & . . Frances Perkins.
  • , & . . Introduction.
  • . . Concluding Remarks.

Book Reviews

  • . . Review of 'Immigration, Trade, and the Labor Market' edited by John M Abowd and Richard B Freeman.
  • . . Review of 'Understanding the Gender Gap: An Economic History of American Women' by Claudia Goldin.
  • . . Review of 'A Challenge to Social Security' edited by Richard V Burkhauser and Karen C Holden.
  • . . Review of 'Changing Places: Men and Women in Transitional Occupations' by Carol Tropp Schreiber.
  • . . Review of 'Equal Employment Opportunity and the AT&T Case' edited by Phyllis Wallace.
  • . . Review of 'Sex, Discrimination, and the Division of Labor' edited by Cynthia B Lloyd.
  • . . Review of 'The American Woman: Her Changing Social, Economic, and Political Role, 1920-1970' by William Chafe.

Professional activities

  • The U.S. Gender Wage Gap: Patterns, Policy and the Pandemic’s Impact. Presented to Cornell ILR School. 2022.
  • Scholar Spotlight: Understanding the Gender Pay Gap with Dr. Francine Blau, Cornell University. Presented to North Carolina Sociological Association ncsa. 2022.
  • Understanding the Gender Wage Gap. Presented to Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association (LACEA). 2021.
  • What Do We Know About the Gender Wage Gap?. Presented to The Economics Society of Australia . 2021.
  • Culture and Gender Allocation of Tasks: Source Country Characteristics, Housework, and Childcare Divisikno of Labor among US Immigrants. Presented to American Economic Association. Atlanta, Georgia. 2018.
  • Is There Still Son Preference in the United States. Presented to University of Toronto. Toronto Canada. 2018.
  • What Do We Really Know About the Gender Wage Gap?. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. 2018.
  • Gender Disparities in the Labor Market. Presented to The Global Absolute Return Congress. Boston. 2018.
  • What Do We Know About the Gender Wage Gap?. Presented to Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). Berlin, Germany. 2018.
  • The Gender Pay Gap: Going, Going...But Not Gone. Presented to Cornell University. Ithaca NY. 2015.
  • Discussion on Wages, Wage Inequality, and the Future of Work. Presented to White House/Council of Economic Advisors. Washington DC. 2015.
  • The Gender Pay Gap: Going, Going,..., But Not Gone. Presented to Barnard College. NYC. 2014.
  • "Immigrants and Gender Roles: Assimilation vs. Culture". Presented to Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA. 2014.
  • Immigrants and Gender Roles: Assimilation vs. Culture. Presented to IZA--Institute for the Study of Labor. Bonn Germany. 2014.
  • The Gender Pay Gap: Going, Going…But Not Gone. Presented to Colby College. Waterville, ME. 2013.
  • Immigrants and Gender Roles: Assimilation vs. Culture. Presented to University of Northern Iowa. Cedar Falls, Iowa. 2013.
  • Female Labor Supply: Why is the US Falling Behind. Presented to American Economic Association. San Diego. 2012.
  • The Gender Pay Gap. Presented to The White House and the Council of Economic Advisors. Washington DC. 2012.
  • Understanding the Gender Pay Gap. Presented to Ford Foundation. Peking University. 2012.
  • The Gender Pay Gap: Going, Going,...But Not Gone. Cornell University. 2012.
  • SUBSTITUTION BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND CULTURAL CAPITAL: PRE-MIGRATION LABOR SUPPLY, CULTURE AND US LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES AMONG IMMIGRANT WOMEN. Presented to Renmin University. Beijing, China. 2012.
  • The Gender Pay Gap: Going, Going…But Not Gone. Presented to Cornell University. Ithaca NY. 2012.
  • SUBSTITUTION BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND CULTURAL CAPITAL: PRE-MIGRATION LABOR SUPPLY, CULTURE AND US LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES AMONG IMMIGRANT WOMEN. Presented to Society of Labor Economists. Chicago, IL. 2012.
  • The Transmission of Women’s Fertility, Human Capital, and Work Orientation Across Immigrant Generations. Presented to Leonard and Gretchan Broom Center for Demography. University of California Santa Barbara. 2012.
  • The Transmission of Women’s Fertility, Human Capital, and Work Orientation Across Immigrant Generations. Presented to Yale Law School. New Haven, CT. 2011.
  • The Gender Pay Gap: Going, Going...But Not Gone. Presented to German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, Germany. Berlin, Germany. 2011.
  • THE TRANSMISSION OF WOMEN’S FERTILITY, HUMAN CAPITAL AND WORK ORIENTATION ACROSS IMMIGRANT GENERATIONS. Presented to Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany. Bonn, Germany. 2011.
  • THE TRANSMISSION OF WOMEN’S FERTILITY, HUMAN CAPITAL AND WORK ORIENTATION ACROSS IMMIGRANT GENERATIONS. Presented to IZA/CEPR. Ammersee, Germany. 2011.
  • SUBSTITUTION BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND CULTURAL CAPITAL: PRE-MIGRATION LABOR SUPPLY, CULTURE AND US LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES AMONG IMMIGRANT WOMEN. Presented to University of Oslo. Oslo, Norway. 2011.
  • The Transmission of Women's Fertility, Human Capital and Work Orientation Across Immigrant Generations. Presented to University of Oslo. Oslo Norway. 2011.
  • The Transmission of Women's Fertility, Human Capital and Work Orientation Across Immigrant Generations. Presented to Midwest Economic Association. St Louis, MO. 2011.
  • Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation Among Immigrants: 1980-2000. Presented to American Economic Association. Denver, CO. 2010.
  • The Gender Pay Gap: Going, Going…But Not Gone. Presented to Middlebury College. Middlebury VT. 2010.
  • Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation Among Immigrants. Presented to Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics. Stanford University. 2010.
  • Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation Among Immigrants: 1980-2000. Presented to National Bureau of Economic Research. Cambridge, Mass. 2010.
  • Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation Among Immigrants: 1980-2000. Presented to University of Warwick. Warwick, UK. 2010.
  • Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation Among Immigrants: 1980-2000. Presented to University of Washington. Seattle, Washington. 2010.
  • Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation Among Immigrants. Presented to Southern California Conference in Applied Microeconomics. Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA. 2010.
  • Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation Among Immigrants: 1980-2000. Presented to SUNY-Albany. Albany NY. 2010.
  • How Much Progress Has Been Achieved Towards Gender Equality?. Presented to Dept of Economics, American University. Washington, DC. 2010.
  • Can Mentoring Help Female Assistant Professors? Interim Results from a Randomized Trial. Presented to American Economic Association. Atlanta, GA. 2009.
  • Earnings Inequality in the U.S. Labor Market: Trends and Prospects. Presented to ILR Online Webcast. Ithaca, NY. 2009.
  • Pay Equity: Understanding the Trends in the Gender Pay Gap. Presented to ILR Labor and Employment Law. NY, NY. 2009.
  • The Transmission of Women's Fertility, Human Capital and Work Orientation Across Immigrant Generatios. Presented to Society of Labor Economists. Boston, MA. 2009.

Honors and Awards

  • IPUMS research award for best contribution to published research using IPUMS Time Use Data, IPUMS.
  • Distinguished Fellow, American Economic Association, American Economic Association.
  • Jacob Mincer Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Labor Economics, the Society of Labor Economists (SOLE).
  • Judge William B. Groat Alumni Award, ILR School, Cornell University.
  • IZA Prize in Labor Economics, Inst for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  • Academic Fellow (Inaugural Fellow), Labor and Employment Relations Association.
  • Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science.
  • Fellow (Founding Fellow), Society of Labor Economists.
  • Carolyn Shaw Bell Award, American Economic Association Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession.
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