The Cost of Being a Girl: Working Teens and the Origins of the Gender Wage Gap

by Yasemin Besen-Cassino

Book Overview

The gender wage gap is one of the most persistent problems of labor markets and women's lives.

Most approaches to explaining the gap focus on adult employment despite the fact that many Americans begin working well before their education is completed. In her critical and compelling new book, The Cost of Being a Girl, Yasemin Besen-Cassino examines the origins of the gender wage gap by looking at the teenage labor force, where...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439913498
• ISBN13: 9781439913499
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"