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December 1999, Vol. 122, No. 12

Women's earnings: an overview

Mary Bowler
Economist, Division of Labor Force Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Over the past 20 years, women’s real earnings rose while those of men declined; even as the gender pay gap shrank, however, earnings differences between white women and black and Hispanic women continued to grow.

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