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Asia birth rates in, 15 fertility rate in, 16 middle class move to periphery, 116 post-familialism in, 119–122, 130, 133 secularism in, 126 women in workforce in, 135 in world economy, 8 Eastern Europe, 35, 138 Ebbsfleet, 197 Eberstadt, Nicholas, 123–124 Eco-cities, 10 Economic growth, 1, 51, 76
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, 117–119, 133 renovation of cities in, 59, 60 secularism in, 125–126 Singaporean immigrants from, 99 suburbs as “new slums” in, 159 women in workforce in, 135 workforce in, 138 Everyday life, 2, 19–47 and geography of inequality, 39–42 in the human city, 45–47 in imperial cities, 23–25
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affordability in, 133 inequality in, 95 infrastructure of, 67 post-familialism in, 119, 121, 128–129, 131 renovation of cities in, 60 secularism in, 126 women in workforce in, 135 Japan (Jolivet), 119 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 87 Jerusalem, 21–22 Job decentralization, 186–187 Johannesburg-East Rand, 54 Jolivet, Muriel, 119 Jones
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, 132–133 migration to, 137 as “necessary” city, 84 patriotism and civic engagement in, 104 per capita GDP of, 80 post-familialism in, 119, 134 women in workforce in, 135, 136 Slums, 58, 69–72, 159–160, 198 Small cities, 76 Small towns, 6, 77 Small units, focus on, 200–201 Smart
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, 179 suburban growth rates in, 152 suburbs as “new slums” in, 159 telecommuters in, 188 urban employment in, 184 war against suburbia in, 146–148 women in workforce in, 135 Unité urbaines, 269n5 Urban areas, 6, 169, 269n5 Urban future, 169–201 choices for citizens, 196–198 and densification in suburbs, 178
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cough, 203 why we age, 12–13 Williams, George C., 11, 152 Wilmut, Ian, 16, 159, 161 Wilson, Edward O., 241 Wnt, 167 women: in workforce, 254, 258 work/workforce age discrimination in, 251–53, 254, 258–59 automation and, 254 and concern about the future, 293 elderly in, 229, 251–56 and
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is yarns made from wool for suitings, carpets, etc.) industry. British textiles were of high quality and were produced extremely efficiently by its skilled workforce. Women wove, men and women spun, though in the case of spinning in different mills using different machines (in pre-industrial textiles, women spun, while men often wove
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male mule spinners, who, like coal getters and engine drivers, were paid at skilled rates.10 This was an important reason men resisted letting women into the workforce and kept them out of some trade unions (for example, the engineers until the Second World War). Similarly wages for boys and apprentices were
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women were still segregated was not addressed.32 These were just signs of a revolution in the position of women which would take decades. Women entered the workforce in new ways, the public sphere and the professions. One important way in which things changed subtly but importantly was in the breakdown, by
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a mechanism called attention to efficiently process sequential data (like text). *3 The fact that repeated improvements in productivity technology and the entry of women into the workforce have not yielded a significantly shorter workweek is something of a mystery best understood by the prioritization of nonhuman interests. *4 The dynamics of
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worked, but by 2010 that number had shot up to 64 percent—the highest percentage in the world. In fact, the massive movement of women into the workforce, as Kevin Phillips observed, had by the late 1990s already given the United States “the world’s highest ratio of two-income households, with
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markets and related capital investment, education, and rural migration) combined with waves of population growth (first from the baby boom, then from the increased workforce participation of women, and finally from immigration) accelerated growth. With manufacturers racing to hire workers in order to satisfy growing demand, wages rose. To satisfy growing demand
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drive unskilled workers to the harder-to-manage service sector, where productivity growth has been slower. Meanwhile, the baby boom, the increased participation of women in the workforce, immigration, and international trade greatly increased the supply of labor, especially lower-skilled labor. Displaced workers must depend on entrepreneurial risk-takers, properly trained
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standards and a tilt in the balance of wealth distribution towards the working class. In the first phase, the rapid post-war expulsion of women from the industrial workforce – as depicted in the documentary film The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980) – allowed male wages to rise, causing a narrowing
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household income had increased to about $61,000, an increase of just 22 percent. That growth, however, was driven largely by the entry of women into the workforce. If incomes had moved in lockstep with economic growth—as was the case prior to 1973—the median household would today be earning well
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captures workers who have given up. As Figure 2.5 shows, the labor force participation rate rose sharply between 1970 and 1990 as women flooded into the workforce. The overall trend disguises the crucial fact that the percentage of men in the labor force has been in consistent decline since 1950, falling
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