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Special Note:
The Regional Review is taking a break...
The Q1 2005 issue of the Regional Review is the last
issue in its current format. For 14 years, we have
worked hard to bring you information and analysis
about important economic issues. We hope you have enjoyed
reading the magazine as much as we have enjoyed producing
it. Look for us in a new format and focus in the future.
Latest issue: Q1, 2005
This special edition of the Regional Review is
based on presentations made at Reaching the Top: Challenges
and Opportunities for Women Leaders, a conference sponsored
by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on March 3, 2004.
Articles are available as portable document format
(PDF) files.
Entire issue 
(76 pages, 20
articles plus introduction and list of participants,
2.4MB)
Contents
An Introduction
by Cathy E. Minehan
SECTION 1: Preparing for a Career
SECTION 2: Progress and Obstacles
SECTION 3: Fair Play in Organizations
SECTION 4: Adding it Up
SECTION 5: Looking Ahead
List of Conference
Participants
SECTION 1:
Preparing for a Career
Women’s Educational Attainment and Early Choices
Entire
section (1.8MB)
From the
Valley to the Summit:
A Brief History of the Quiet Revolution that Transformed Women’s
Work
by Claudia Goldin
Inspiring
Girls to Be Strong, Smart, and Bold:
Girls’ Organizations Change with the Times
by Marcia Brumit Kropf
Encouraging
Women in Engineering, Math, and Science
by Ioannis Miaoulis
Teamwork
on the Field and at Work
by Paul F. Levy
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SECTION 2:
Progress and Obstacles
Professional and Managerial Women in the Workplace
Entire
section (4.5MB)
Choices
and Changes:
Critical Moments in Careers and Families
by Joyce P. Jacobsen
Work and
Leadership: Tests of Manhood
by Rosanna Hertz
Paying
the Price:
How Family Choices Affect Career Outcomes
by Carrie Conaway
From Personal
Experience:
Women Professionals at Midcareer
Where
Does the Time Go?
The Division of Household Labor
by Carrie Conaway
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SECTION 3:
Fair Play in Organizations
Countering Stereotypes by Changing the Rules
Entire
section (1.6MB)
Unconsciousness
Raising:
The Pernicious Effects of Unconscious Bias
by Barbara Reskin
Does Affirmative Action Work?
by Francine D. Blau and Anne E. Winkler
A Psychological
Effect of Stereotypes
by Carrie Conaway
Changing
the Face of Consulting:
The Women’s Initiative at Deloitte & Touche
by V. Sue Molina
Milestones
in Working Women’s Legal History
by Brad Hershbein
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SECTION 4: Adding
it Up
Women’s Role in the Macroeconomy
Entire
section (2.9MB)
Women’s
Contribution to Productivity:
Women Have Been Key in Raising the Nation’s Growth Rate
by Kathryn Shaw
Spinning
the Top:
Gender, Competition, and the Long-Run Optimum
by Nancy Folbre
Comments
on “Spinning the Top”
by Lisa M. Lynch
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SECTION 5: Looking
Ahead
Reaching the Top in the Twenty-First Century
Entire
section (3.8MB)
Women’s
Rise- A Work in Progress:
Are Professional Women Opting Out?
Recent Evidence on College-Educated
Women's Labor Force Participation
by Katharine Bradbury and Jane Katz
Improving
Opportunities for Women:
Five Suggestions for Encouraging Change
by Helen Frame Peters
The Hard
Work Left to Do
Tackling Unfinished Business at Work and at Home
by Francene Rodgers
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