MANI, Bonnie G <br/><br/>
Women in the federal civil service :   

 -  2001 
<br/><br/> There is a widely accepted belief that veteran`s preference is a signifcant barrier to women`s career advancement. This article measures the impact of these policies on the careers of women in the federal civil service. Descriptive statistics, test for comparisons of means, and logistic regression are used to examine data describing the careers of men and women, veterans and nonveterans. The analysis reveals that the effect of the preference on women`s acess to jobs is dminishing and taht there are gaps betwen  the salaries of men and women regardless of veteran status. In addition, education seems to be a strong driving force, and veteran`s preference seems to be a weak  restraint for women trying to advance to higher levels