Millennial Women Empowered

[sbarrera]

This Pew research article  confirms much of what is in Rosin's TED talk:

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/20...d-workers/

Key points follow. It's easy to see how these trends tie into the shift from a manufacturing to a service economy.

• Women are in the majority in jobs that draw most heavily on either social or fundamental skills.
  
• The growing presence of women in higher-skill occupations helped to narrow the gender wage gap.
  
• Despite women’s advantages in skills and education, the gender wage gap persists and is ubiquitous.
  
• Gender differences in skills are rooted in gender differences in occupations.
  
• Employment is rising more rapidly in jobs in which social and fundamental skills are most important.
  
• Wages are higher and rising faster in jobs that rely heavily on social, fundamental, analytical and managerial skills.
  
• Emerging occupations call for greater proficiency in analytical skills.