Forward: Women at Jewish organizations lag behind in promotions, pay http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/forward-women-at-jewish-organizations-lag-behind-in-promotions-pay/ The Forward has a major story and editorial focusing on gender discrepancies in the Jewish organizational workplace. en-us aeden@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-06T;19:49:00-05:00 Comment by Benjamin Goldberg bgoldberg@u.northwestern.edu You could make a comparison between the salaries ofwomen and men, but the study would have to control for all the factors Ami mentioned: size or organization, years in office, prior experience, etc. But this requires a level of statistical sophistication that the Forward was either unwilling or unable to muster. However, it is still clear that women are over-represented in the workforce of Jewish organizations but underrepresented in their executive professional leadership. You could make a comparison between the salaries ofwomen and men, but the study would have to control for all the factors Ami mentioned: size or organization, years in office, prior experience, etc. But this requires a level of statistical sophistication that the Forward was either unwilling or unable to muster.

However, it is still clear that women are over-represented in the workforce of Jewish organizations but underrepresented in their executive professional leadership.

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