254. What Are Gender Barriers Made Of?

Overt discrimination in the labor markets may be on the wane, but women are still subtly penalized by all sorts of societal conventions. How can those penalties be removed without burning down the house?

Episode 254 of the Freakonomics Radio podcast, hosted by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher, titled "254. What Are Gender Barriers Made Of?" was published on July 21, 2016 and runs 36 minutes.

July 21, 2016 ·36m · Freakonomics Radio

Summary

Overt discrimination in the labor markets may be on the wane, but women are still subtly penalized by all sorts of societal conventions. How can those penalties be removed without burning down the house?

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