Selling Women Short Gender and Money on Wall Street

Name: Selling Women Short Gender and Money on Wall Street
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ISBN: 9780691126432

ISBN-10: 0691126437

ISBN-13: 9780691126432

Edition: 2007

Authors: Louise Marie Roth

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Rocked by a flurry of high-profile sex discrimination lawsuits in the 1990s, Wall Street was supposed to have cleaned up its act. It hasn't.Selling Women Shortis a powerful new indictment of how America's financial capital has swept enduring discriminatory practices under the rug. Wall Street is supposed to be a citadel of pure economics, paying for performance and evaluating performance objectively. People with similar qualifications and performance should receive similar pay, regardless of gender. They don't. Comparing the experiences of men and women who began their careers on Wall Street in the late 1990s, Louise Roth finds not only that women earn an average of 29% less--but that they…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 10/3/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.41" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.188



Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Playing Field: Wall Street in the 1990s



Pay for Performance: Wall Street's Bonus System



A Woman's Worth: Gender Differences in Compensation



Making the Team: Managers, Peers, and Subordinates



Bringing Clients Back In: The Impact of Client Relationships



Having It All? Workplace Culture and Work-Family Conflict



Window Dressing: Workplace Policies and Wall Street Culture



Beating the Odds: The Most Successful Women



The Myth of Meritocracy: Gender and Performance-Based Pay



Methodology



Quantitative Measures and Models



Interview Schedule


Notes


References


Index