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Beware - women at work

Penny Brooks

18th May 2009

The BBC is running a two-part series called ‘The Trouble with Working Women’ to examine why sexual equality is a distant prospect, which might be of interest in considering this aspect of labour economics and the distribution of income. The first part is broadcast tonight on BBC2 at 9pm, and the second part at the same time tomorrow. Links here are to two associated items on their website, the first to the story of one couple who decided that the father of their new baby should be the one to stay at home and look after her, the second to an article about why women need to think like men if they want more cash - including a quiz to determine how likely you are to earn more or less! Who’s left holding the baby? Why XX must think like XY to earn more K

Penny Brooks

Formerly Head of Business and Economics and now Economics teacher, Business and Economics blogger and presenter for Tutor2u, and private tutor

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