Sentence examples for decline in the gap from inspiring English sources

In 2002, however, amid a decline in the Gap's fortunes, Drexler was fired.

We then use those results to separate the part of the decline in the gap due to change in the racial differences in mortality patterns for men from the part due to change in the racial differences in mortality patterns for women.

The age component accounted for about 4.3 years of the racial gap in 2000 and about 3.2 years of the gap in 2010, so roughly three-fifths of the 1.9-year decline in the racial gap from 2000 2010 was due to narrowing of the difference in the average age at death for blacks and whites who died of the same cause.

"The reduction in the overall gender wage gap has been the result of more women becoming highly educated, and a decline in the wage gap among the lowest-educated".

In Table 7, the final column shows the percentage declines in the gaps.

The larger-than-anticipated decline in the trade gap suggests that American economic growth may have been higher in the third quarter than the 2.0 percent annual rate initially reported.

Another big chunk, about $20 billion, represents America's petroleum deficit.Economists had expected the deficit to increase in November, and the surprising decline in the trade gap will likely lead to further upward revisions to growth in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Second, the decline in the gender gap over time is now much less visible.

Other factors, such as a decline in the historical gap between the Hispanic unemployment rate and the national average, would also contribute positively to this trend.

First our results show that the last few decades have witnessed a huge decline in the gender gap in employment as women, in particular married women, have entered the labor force.

Despite an impressive decline in the gender gap in employment, females are still less likely to work than males: about 76%% of working age males and 63 % of working age females were employed in 2010.