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Gender Effects As Macro-Level Effects: Germany and the United States 1991-1997

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  • Lisa M. Amoroso

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My research examines within-nation differences as well as cross-national differences in socially stratified outcomes, specifically the distribution of household incomes. I build on the considerable empirical evidence suggesting that group memberships are important factors in shaping one' s life course and in determining the level of social inequality. I examine seven years of longitudinal data from Germany and the United States, 1991-1997 to demonstrate that gender issituated within other salient social categories such as race and marital status. These qualitative distinctions form status-based groups that organize the social hierarchy in which individual action is both enabled and constrained.

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  • Lisa M. Amoroso, 2001. "Gender Effects As Macro-Level Effects: Germany and the United States 1991-1997," Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 70(1), pages 128-134.
    • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwvjh:70-10-19
    DOI: 10.3790/vjh.70.1.128
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