The Recession and Older Americans
by Betsy Keating According to recent Senate testimony from a [...]
Denver Paid Sick Days Would Improve School Success
Providing earned paid sick days to Denver workers would help reduce the spread of illness in schools, potentially reducing absences for both teachers and students.
After the Great Recession
By Heidi Hartmann This post was originally published on the [...]
Denver Paid Sick Days Law Would Benefit Employers, Employees, and Community
Two publications released today by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) estimate the costs and benefits of the Denver paid sick days initiative, for both employers and employees.
New IWPR/Rockefeller Survey Reveals Need and Support for Social Security Funding
By Zoe Li The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), [...]
Survey: Women Faring Poorly in Recovery
According to research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), Americans are reeling from the very high levels of job loss seen during the Great Recession of 2007–2009, and women and single mothers in particular are reporting higher rates of financial strain and daily hardship.
Survey: Post-Recession, Americans’ Support for Social Security Continues Across Party Lines
The Great Recession of 2007–2009 has greatly affected Americans’ economic wellbeing and confidence in securing a good retirement. In this time of economic uncertainty, support for the Social Security system remains strong across lines of gender, age, race/ethnicity, and political affiliation, according to a survey from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
Slow Job Growth in September Points to Need for Federal Help with Job Creation
Women have regained only 12.2 percent (318,000) of the total jobs they lost in the recession (2.6 million from November 2007 to the trough for women’s employment in September 2010, which occurred more than one year after the recession officially ended).
TV's New Retro Babes Are No Role Models
"No. 2: While the wage gap between younger women and [...]
IWPR to Release Report Series on Impact of Recession on Americans’ Economic Security, Retirement Prospects, and Attitudes on Social Security & Medicare
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) will release two timely and critical reports with data from the IWPR/Rockefeller Foundation Survey of Economic Security showing that the impacts of the recession have been both broad and deep.
