Francine D. Blau is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and her BS from Cornell University. She has served as President of the Society of Labor Economists and the Labor and Employment Association, as Vice President of the American Economic Association, and as Chair of the American Economic Association Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. She is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Labor Economics and the Journal of Labor Research. She is the author of Equal Pay in the Office (with L. Kahn), recipient of the Richard A. Lester Prize. In 2001 she was honored with the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award from the American Economic Association Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. She is the first woman to receive the IZA Prize in Labor Economics.

A constant throughout [Blau's] work is a strong emphasis on theory-motivated empirical research and the generation of policy-relevant prescriptions, The result is a detailed and multifaceted explanation of the gender wage gap ... a great read

• PART I: INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITORS: EQUALITY AND FAIRNESS IN THE LABOR MARKET; PART II: THE GENDER WAGE GAP: DETERMINANTS AND TRENDS OVER TIME FOR THE UNITED STATES; PART III: INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN THE GENDER WAGE GAP AND WAGE INEQUALITY: THE ROLE OF WAGE SETTING INSTITUTIONS; PART IV: OTHER DIMENSIONS OF GENDER INEQUALITY AND POLICY RESPONSES; PART V: INEQUALITY BY RACE AND IMMIGRANT STATUS; PART VI: CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

Francine D. Blau is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and her BS from Cornell University. She has served as President of the Society of Labor Economists and the Labor and Employment Association, as Vice President of the American Economic Association, and as Chair of the American Economic Association Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. She is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Labor Economics and the Journal of Labor Research. She is the author of Equal Pay in the Office (with L. Kahn), recipient of the Richard A. Lester Prize. In 2001 she was honored with the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award from the American Economic Association Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. She is the first woman to receive the IZA Prize in Labor Economics.

A constant throughout [Blau's] work is a strong emphasis on theory-motivated empirical research and the generation of policy-relevant prescriptions, The result is a detailed and multifaceted explanation of the gender wage gap ... a great read

• PART I: INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITORS: EQUALITY AND FAIRNESS IN THE LABOR MARKET; PART II: THE GENDER WAGE GAP: DETERMINANTS AND TRENDS OVER TIME FOR THE UNITED STATES; PART III: INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN THE GENDER WAGE GAP AND WAGE INEQUALITY: THE ROLE OF WAGE SETTING INSTITUTIONS; PART IV: OTHER DIMENSIONS OF GENDER INEQUALITY AND POLICY RESPONSES; PART V: INEQUALITY BY RACE AND IMMIGRANT STATUS; PART VI: CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

Francine D. Blau is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and her BS from Cornell University. She has served as President of the Society of Labor Economists and the Labor and Employment Association, as Vice President of the American Economic Association, and as Chair of the American Economic Association Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. She is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Labor Economics and the Journal of Labor Research. She is the author of Equal Pay in the Office (with L. Kahn), recipient of the Richard A. Lester Prize. In 2001 she was honored with the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award from the American Economic Association Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. She is the first woman to receive the IZA Prize in Labor Economics.

A constant throughout [Blau's] work is a strong emphasis on theory-motivated empirical research and the generation of policy-relevant prescriptions, The result is a detailed and multifaceted explanation of the gender wage gap ... a great read

• PART I: INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITORS: EQUALITY AND FAIRNESS IN THE LABOR MARKET; PART II: THE GENDER WAGE GAP: DETERMINANTS AND TRENDS OVER TIME FOR THE UNITED STATES; PART III: INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN THE GENDER WAGE GAP AND WAGE INEQUALITY: THE ROLE OF WAGE SETTING INSTITUTIONS; PART IV: OTHER DIMENSIONS OF GENDER INEQUALITY AND POLICY RESPONSES; PART V: INEQUALITY BY RACE AND IMMIGRANT STATUS; PART VI: CONCLUDING THOUGHTS