Does segregation arise because" female" occupations have financial advantages for women
planning to spend some time as homemakers, as human-capital theorists claim? Do" male" …

A regression model with fixed-effects and national individual-level panel0 data (1966-81) is
used to decompose the sex gap in pay. In accordance with neoclassical predictions from …

The percent female of an occupation lowers the pay it offers to both men and women, net of
skill demands, nonpecuniary amenities and disamenities, and industrial and organizational …

What is the distribution of power between husbands and wives or other heterosexual
cohabitants, and what explains this distribution? This is as central a question to the study of …

Critics of the “women's agenda” in both research and policy have complained of its exclusive
focus on the experiences of white women. They maintain that as a result of this focus, we …

The lack of progress in reducing health disparities suggests that new approaches are
needed if we are to achieve meaningful, equitable, and lasting reductions. Current scientific …

Abstract Background and Methods. To estimate the magnitude of the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic among university students, we conducted a blinded …

Do the cognitive skills possessed by an individual affect access to more cognitively
demanding occupations and hence to the associated higher earnings? To what extent do …

Social development and stress process theories suggest that participation in one's
community can function as a protective factor for mental health, especially for youth from …

Objectives. We sought to describe Black–White differences in HIV disease mortality before
and after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART). Methods. Black …