Women made little progress in climbing into management positions in this country even in the boom years before the financial crisis, according to a report to be released on Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office.

As of 2007, the latest year for which comprehensive data on managers was available, women accounted for about 40 percent of managers in the United States work force. In 2000, women held 39 percent of management positions. Outside of management, women held 49 percent of the jobs in both years.

Across the work force, the gap between what men and women earn has shrunk over the last few decades. Full-time women workers closed the gap to 80.2 cents for every dollar earned by men in 2009, up from just 62.3 cents in 1979. Much of this persistent wage gap, however, can be explained by what kinds of jobs the sexes are drawn to, whether by choice or opportunity.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker is expected to announce Monday that he has raised $40 million of the $100 million needed to match a grant put forth last week by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to help Newark schoolchildren.

One major boost is from the Pershing Square Foundation, started by New York investor William Ackman, which pledged $25 million in recent days.

On Friday, Mr. Zuckerberg, Mr. Booker and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Mr. Zuckerberg’s $100 million challenge grant on Oprah Winfrey’s television show, as well as Mr. Booker’s intent to raise another $100 million. Mr. Christie controls Newark schools but has made Mr. Booker his point person on its turnaround plan.