bwaber reviewed Career and Family by Claudia Goldin
An Illuminating, Essential Work from a Giant of the Field
5 stars
As probably the foremost researcher in the space of gender and work, Claudia Goldin explores the roots of the plateaued gap between men and women's earnings. After reviewing the historical trajectory of gender gaps in the US, largely rooted in overt discrimination, Goldin then examines the much thornier, systemic issues that remain. What emerges is not an easy fix, but rather a panoply of issues that have to be simultaneously and continuously ground down. The examples she brings up of careers that have started to do this well are important, with the historical changes in the pharmacist profession standing out for me. Highly recommend.