GOP's Sick New Crusade: Inside the Conservative War on Poor Women
Women confront higher rates of poverty than men in all [...]
No, Women Getting College Degrees Won't Close The Gender Pay Gap
The gender wage gap stands at 22 percent , meaning [...]
Nearly Twice as Many Women as Men Work in Occupations with Poverty Wages
On Equal Pay Day, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) released new analysis finding that women earn less than men in almost all of the 116 occupations for which the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes weekly full-time earnings data for both women and men. In at least 109 of the 116 occupations, including almost all of the 20 most common occupations for women, women made significantly less than men.
Access to Paid Sick Time in Los Angeles, California
This briefing paper presents estimates of access to paid sick time in Los Angeles by sex, race/ethnicity, occupation, part/full-time employment status, and personal earnings through analysis of government data sources, including the 2011–2013 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the 2013 American Community Survey (ACS).
Slower Job Gains in March: Women Gained 105,000 and Men Gained 21,000 Jobs
According to an Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the April employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), as of March men hold more jobs (71,519,000) than when the recession began (70,769,000 in December 2007) seven years earlier.
Patricia Arquette Isn't The First To Make The Point: Women's Wages Lag In Most Sectors
While the Equal Pay Act was indeed passed a half-century [...]
Patricia Arquette Predicts Gender Pay Gap Won't Close Until 2058
Patricia Arquette appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman" [...]
At This Rate, American Women Won't See Equal Pay Until 2058
When it comes to equal pay, the American woman is [...]
Women in These Five States Won't See Equal Pay with Men Until Next Century
While the U.S. has made strides toward reducing the gender wage gap [...]
Low-Wage, Part-Time, and Service Workers Are the Least Likely to Have Access to Paid Sick Days in Louisiana
New analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that 41 percent of Louisiana’s workers lack access to a single paid sick day, and access is especially low among part-time and low-wage workers, communities of color, and service workers in the state.
