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More than 75 countries have enacted legislation prohibiting sexual harassment
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Despite being illegal, costly, and an affront to dignity, sexual harassment is pervasive and
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Sexual harassment in the workplace

Workplace sexual harassment is internationally condemned as sex discrimination and a violation of human rights, and more than 75 countries have enacted legislation prohibiting it.

 

 

Sexual harassment in the workplace increases absenteeism and turnover and lowers workplace productivity and job satisfaction. Yet it remains pervasive and underreported, and neither legislation nor market incentives have been able to eliminate it. 

Before the 1970s, the term “sexual harassment” would have been met with a blank look. Sexual overtures and disparaging remarks about workers’ competence based on their gender were widely considered acceptable behavior. In 1974, a US district court judge found that a woman whose job was eliminated in retaliation for refusing to have sex with her supervisor was not protected under employment law but was instead facing the personal consequences that may arise when sexual advances are rebuffed.

Recognition of sexual harassment as an illegal workplace behavior originated in the US following influential work by Catharine MacKinnon, who argued that sexual harassment is sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 1980, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued guidelines defining workplace sexual harassment. Many countries quickly followed the US’s lead in recognizing sexual harassment as an illegal form of workplace behavior. Sexual harassment in the workplace is now internationally condemned as a form of sex discrimination and as a violation of human rights. It is costly to workers and organizations. Yet it remains pervasive. What market failures prevent its eradication, how effective is legislation, and what policies can reduce the incidence?

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What economic value is there in speaking another language?: An interview with Gilles Grenier

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Household production, what is it and how do we value it?: An interview with Leslie S. Stratton

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Editor-in-Chief Daniel S. Hamermesh asks Claus Schnabel questions about the ways employers can be incentivized to increase the training content of their lower-paying jobs.

 
Tutoring: An effective solution to help disadvantaged children

Tutoring: An effective solution to help disadvantaged children

At home, students from underprivileged backgrounds are less likely to have proper support, which might increase existing learning gaps across socioeconomic characteristics.

 
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China orders food delivery firms to pay minimum wage

China orders food delivery firms to pay minimum wage

Food delivery platforms in China are being required to improve pay, employee rights and working conditions for their delivery drivers. 

 
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: The “first gender-balanced games in history”?

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: The “first gender-balanced games in history”?

The Tokyo Games will feature the highest proportion of female athletes (48.8%) to have ever competed at an Olympics.

 
US increases its child tax credit to fight poverty

US increases its child tax credit to fight poverty

Millions of American families have received the first of a series of monthly payments as part of an expanded child tax credit.

 
Indian states considering two-child policy and sterilization incentives

Indian states considering two-child policy and sterilization incentives

The Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Gujarat are considering implementing a controversial two-child policy and incentivizing sterilization to control population numbers.

 
Student-run accounts by China’s marginalized LGTBQ community have been erased

Student-run accounts by China’s marginalized LGTBQ community have been erased

Without any warning, WeChat, a popular social media platform in China, permanently suspended the accounts of more than a dozen college LGBTQ groups.

 
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