This article examines the trends in women's economic outcomes in the United States focusing primarily on labor force participation, occupational attainment, and the gender wage gap. The author first highlights considerable progress on all dimensions prior to the 1990s followed by a slowing or...

From the gender equality and social inclusion perspective, this report provides a concise overview of the employment and activity of women and men in the 55-64 age group (i.e. the last 10-year cohort of the working-age population) and of the activity of women and men in the 65-74 age group in...