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Glass Ceiling and the Effects on Women

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Clearly, there is not nearly enough time to complete the request. You look at the office across from you and see your childless, single counterpart who simply smiles and says “…go ahead. I’ll handle the request”. All the way home you beat yourself up. Pondering how this will look to your superior? Will you look like a slacker or not be considered a “team player”? Or even worse… what potential promotion did you just decrease your chances of getting? You also began to consider the contrary… “What type of parent would I be to leave my child waiting at the daycare or disappoint them by having someone else pick him/her up?” How disappointed would your child be if you didn’t show up to pick him/her up when you promised ice cream this afternoon? If this scenario does not sound familiar to you, then maybe it is because you’re one of the few people that have not been faced with the issues that stem from the “glass ceilings” that still exist today in Corporate America...
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The metaphor can be simply defined as “an invisible or transparent barrier that keeps an individual from rising above a certain level in corporations”. Although the idea of a glass ceiling is widespread, there has been surprisingly very little research by economists to establish its existence or evaluate the consequences...
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