Eve Mefferd

About Eve Mefferd

Eve Mefferd is a Research Assistant for Employment and Earnings at IWPR. Eve served as an Intern at IWPR in 2019, during which time she assisted in the production of IWPR’s report, “Women, Automation, and the Future of Work." Prior to her work with IWPR, Eve was employed as a Research Assistant at Bennington College. Her work with Deborah M. Warnock, focusing on the predictors of belonging and integration of first generation, low-income, and working class college students, was accepted for panel presentation at the 2020 American Sociological Association conference. Eve was also sponsored by the Lumina Foundation for a project on work integrated learning in higher education. Eve received her Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Public Policy from Bennington College, with a focus on socioeconomic class, housing, and educational policy. She has also received a certificate in Public Policy Analysis from the London School of Economics. Her senior thesis, a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the impact of gentrification on educational outcomes in Los Angeles, was selected for presentation at the 2020 ASA Student Forum. Eve served as President of the Student Educational Policies Committee at Bennington College, and is a 2020 American Sociological Association honors recipient.

New Tradeswomen Survey Shows that Construction Industry Needs to Tackle Discrimination and Harassment to Retain Women; Oregon Initiatives Show How

More women than ever work in the construction trades. The [...]

By Eve Mefferd|2021-11-22T11:52:20-05:00November 22, 2021|In the Lead|0 Comments

New Report Shows Women Apprentices More Diverse than Ever—But the Construction Trades Must Give Them the Support They Deserve

Apprentices make up the next generation of skilled tradespeople to [...]

By Eve Mefferd|2022-03-11T15:02:20-05:00November 16, 2021|In the Lead|0 Comments

A Future Worth Building: What Tradeswomen Say about the Change They Need in the Construction Industry

Careers in the construction trades can provide high earnings and good benefits, often through a learn-while-you-earn apprenticeship. In 2020, more than 300,000 women worked in the trades—the largest number ever. Yet while their numbers are growing, women still make up fewer than one in twenty of workers in construction occupations.

By Ariane Hegewisch and Eve Mefferd|2022-02-17T16:02:47-05:00November 16, 2021|Publications, Report|0 Comments

Construction Workers Need Paid Leave to Rebuild the Nation

Evidence from California suggests that construction workers face the highest COVID-19 infection rates of any other sector. IWPR’s 2021 survey of tradeswomen across states shows that most construction workers who needed to take leave during COVID-19 had to do so without pay.

By Ariane Hegewisch and Eve Mefferd|2021-11-02T09:55:31-05:00October 26, 2021|Publications, Quick Figure|0 Comments

Lost Jobs, Stalled Progress: The Impact of the “She-Cession” on Equal Pay

In year one of COVID-19, the gender wage gap narrowed slightly only for full-time, year-round workers, with women in low-paying jobs bearing the brunt of the crisis. For all workers, the gender gap widened slightly.

Construction and Utilities Are the Only Industries Where Women Have Added Jobs Since COVID. Now the Task Is to Make Them Want to Stay.

There are just two major industries where there are now [...]

By Ariane Hegewisch and Eve Mefferd|2021-09-14T11:20:53-05:00September 9, 2021|In the Lead|0 Comments