The Status of Women in Pennsylvania
A comprehensive study of women's lives in Pennsylvania.
The Safety of Silicone Breast Implants
Outlines the history of the use of silicone for breast enlargements to the present.
Social Security Reform and Women
Describes women’s reliance on Social Security in retirement and summarizes the likely impacts of various reforms on women.
The Male/Female Wage Gap: Lifetime Earnings Losses
Using Current Population Survey data from 1979-1996, the authors estimate the lifetime earnings losses to an average 25-year-old woman today who works full-time year round for 40 years compared with an average 25-year-old man, assuming recent earnings trends for women and men prevail in the future.
Stall in Women’s Real Wage Growth Slows Progress in Closing the Wage Gap
Analyzes 20 years of Current Population Survey data for women and men to track changes in the gender wage gap.
In Harm’s Way? Domestic Violence, AFDC Receipt and Welfare Program
Summarizes the results of a Massachusetts survey of 734 women receiving welfare and reveals these women experience substantial incidence of domestic violence. Based on the study by economist Randy Albelda, University of Massachusetts at Boston.
Taxing Women — How the Tax Code Discriminates Against Women and Families
This Research-in-Brief summarizes an important new book by Edward J. McCaffery, professor of law at the University of Southern California Law School and the California Institute of Technology.
Multi-State Research Projects Vol 1, Issue 7
As of July 1, 1997, all states will have submitted their new welfare plans to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, marking another milestone in the devolution of welfare from the federal government to state governments.
IWPR Welfare Reform Network News
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Workfare Vol 1, Issue 5
With the states facing a July 1, 1997 deadline to submit their welfare plans to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, many state officials are considering how they will meet the challenges of moving large numbers of welfare recipients into the workforce.
