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Long Work Hours, Part-Time Work, and Trends in the Gender Gap in Pay, the Motherhood Wage Penalty, and the Fatherhood Wage Premium

Kim A. Weeden, Youngjoo Cha, Mauricio Bucca
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences August 2016, 2 (4) 71-102; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.4.03
Kim A. Weeden
aJan Rock Zubrow '77 Professor of Sociology and director of the Center for the Study of Inequality at Cornell University
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Youngjoo Cha
bAssociate professor of sociology at Indiana University
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cDoctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at Cornell University
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    Trends in Percentage of Men and Women in Wage and Salary Employment

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    Percentage of Workers in Work Hour Categories, Childless Men

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    Percentage of Workers in Work Hour Categories, Childless Women

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    Percentage of Workers in Work Hour Categories, Fathers

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    Percentage of Workers in Work Hour Categories, Mothers

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    Unadjusted Mean Hourly Wages, Long Hours

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    Unadjusted Mean Hourly Wages, Full-Time

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    Unadjusted Mean Hourly Wages, Part-Time

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    Adjusted Mean Hourly Wages, Long Hours

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    Adjusted Mean Hourly Wages, Part-Time

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    Participation in Wage and Salary Employment, Men

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    Participation in Wage and Salary Employment, Women

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    Work Hours Among Wage and Salary Employees, Non-Hispanic White Men

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    Work Hours Among Wage and Salary Employees, Non-Hispanic White Women

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    Work Hours Among Wage and Salary Employees, Non-Hispanic Black Men

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    Work Hours Among Wage and Salary Employees, Non-Hispanic Black Women

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