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Quality Employment for Women in the Green Economy: Industry, Occupation, and State-by-State Job Estimates
Quality Employment for Women in the Green Economy: Industry, Occupation, and State-by-State Job Estimates

Quality Employment for Women in the Green Economy: Industry, Occupation, and State-by-State Job Estimates

This report provides the first-ever estimates of women’s employment in the green economy, state-by-state, by industry, and by occupation. The analysis draws on the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey; the Brookings-Battelle Clean Economy database; and the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Green Goods and Services survey.

By Ariane Hegewisch, Jeff Hayes, Anlan Zhang and Tonia Bui|2025-01-27T19:24:27-05:00April 2, 2013|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

Paid Sick Days in Massachusetts Would Lower Health Care Costs by Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits
Paid Sick Days in Massachusetts Would Lower Health Care Costs by Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits

Paid Sick Days in Massachusetts Would Lower Health Care Costs by Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits

This fact sheet reports findings from research by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) on how increased access to paid sick days would improve both access to health care and health outcomes in Massachusetts.

By Kevin Miller and Claudia Williams|2025-01-27T19:24:27-05:00May 21, 2012|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

Gender Segregation in Fields of Study at Community Colleges and Implications for Future Earnings
Gender Segregation in Fields of Study at Community Colleges and Implications for Future Earnings

Gender Segregation in Fields of Study at Community Colleges and Implications for Future Earnings

DOWNLOAD REPORT Postsecondary education yields myriad benefits, including [...]

By Layla Moughari, Rhiana Gunn-Wright and Barbara Gault|2025-01-27T19:24:27-05:00May 1, 2012|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

Recommendations for Improving Women’s Employment in the Recovery

DOWNLOAD REPORT In the current economic recovery, women [...]

By The Women's Scholars Program|2025-01-27T19:24:27-05:00September 1, 2011|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

San Francisco Employment Growth Remains Stronger with Paid Sick Days Law Than Surrounding Counties
San Francisco Employment Growth Remains Stronger with Paid Sick Days Law Than Surrounding Counties

San Francisco Employment Growth Remains Stronger with Paid Sick Days Law Than Surrounding Counties

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By Kevin Miller|2025-01-27T19:24:27-05:00September 1, 2011|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

Watch: Martha Burk discusses equal pay initiative in New Mexico

https://youtu.be/qhl7tvs7zJg Martha Burk (Director, Corporate Accountability Project, National Council of [...]

By IWPR|2025-01-27T19:24:28-05:00May 11, 2011|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave in the United States
Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave in the United States

Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave in the United States

The United States is among a very small number of countries in the world without a statutory right to paid maternity leave for employees. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research’s (IWPR) analysis of Working Mother magazine’s “100 Best Companies” finds that almost all of the top companies provide some paid maternity leave and, between 2006 and 2010, these employers dramatically expanded coverage for paternity and adoptive parent leave.

By Annamaria Sundbye and Ariane Hegewisch|2025-01-27T19:24:28-05:00May 4, 2011|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

Separate and Not Equal? Gender Segregation in the Labor Market and the Gender Wage Gap
Separate and Not Equal? Gender Segregation in the Labor Market and the Gender Wage Gap

Separate and Not Equal? Gender Segregation in the Labor Market and the Gender Wage Gap

Occupational gender segregation is a strong feature of the US labor market. While some occupations have become increasingly integrated over time, others remain highly dominated by either men or women. Our analysis of trends in overall gender segregation shows that, after a considerable move towards more integrated occupations in the 1970s and 1980s, progress has completely stalled since the mid 1990s.

By Ariane Hegewisch, Hannah Liepmann, Jeff Hayes and Heidi Hartmann|2025-01-27T19:24:28-05:00September 1, 2010|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

The Institute for Women’s Policy Research and Labor Resource Center Paid Family and Medical Leave Simulation Model
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research and Labor Resource Center Paid Family and Medical Leave Simulation Model

The Institute for Women’s Policy Research and Labor Resource Center Paid Family and Medical Leave Simulation Model

In developing a simulation model to estimate the cost of paid family and medical leave programs in a given state, we rely on data documenting known leave-taking behavior. Where this is not possible, we provide a set of reasonable assumptions about unknown aspects of behavior in the presence of a paid leave program.

By Randy Albelda and Alan Clayton-Matthews|2025-01-27T19:24:28-05:00August 1, 2010|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days
The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days

The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days

Testimony of Kevin Miller, Ph.D., Institute for Women’s Policy Research before the House Labor Committee of the 96th General Assembly of Illinois regarding H.B. 3665, the Healthy Workplace Act.

By IWPR|2025-01-27T19:24:28-05:00March 24, 2010|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

Quality Employment for Women in the Green Economy: Industry, Occupation, and State-by-State Job Estimates

Paid Sick Days in Massachusetts Would Lower Health Care Costs by Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits

Gender Segregation in Fields of Study at Community Colleges and Implications for Future Earnings

San Francisco Employment Growth Remains Stronger with Paid Sick Days Law Than Surrounding Counties

Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave in the United States

Separate and Not Equal? Gender Segregation in the Labor Market and the Gender Wage Gap

The Institute for Women’s Policy Research and Labor Resource Center Paid Family and Medical Leave Simulation Model

The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days

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