Equitable Work and Wages

We believe that economic justice begins with fair compensation for all women, and we build evidence to support equal pay policies, livable
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Maternity Leave in the United States: Paid Parental Leave is Still Not Standard, Even Among the Best U.S. Employers
Maternity Leave in the United States: Paid Parental Leave is Still Not Standard, Even Among the Best U.S. Employers

Maternity Leave in the United States: Paid Parental Leave is Still Not Standard, Even Among the Best U.S. Employers

Nearly one-quarter (24 percent) of the best employers for working mothers provide four or fewer weeks of paid maternity leave, and half (52 percent) provide six weeks or less, according to an Institute for Women’s Policy Research analysis of data provided by Working Mother Media, Inc., publisher of Working Mother magazine.

By Vicky Lovell, Elizabeth O'Neill and Skylar Olsen|2025-01-27T19:24:29-05:00July 31, 2007|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

Report to the Maryland Equal Pay Commission
Report to the Maryland Equal Pay Commission

Report to the Maryland Equal Pay Commission

The Institute for Women’s Policy Research constructed a dataset from the 2002 through 2004 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Files (ACS) for people residing in the state of Maryland.

By Vicky Lovell and Olga Sorokina|2025-01-27T19:24:29-05:00July 18, 2006|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

Still a Man’s Labor Market: The Long-Term Earnings Gap
Still a Man’s Labor Market: The Long-Term Earnings Gap

Still a Man’s Labor Market: The Long-Term Earnings Gap

Although the wage gap, measured by conventional methods, has narrowed in the last several decades, with women who work full-time full-year now earning 77 percent of what men earn (compared with 59 cents on the male dollar 40 years ago), its sweeping effects are largely unacknowledged because its measurement is limited to a single year and restricted to only a portion of the workforce. When accumulated over many years for all men and women workers, the losses to women and their families due to the wage gap are large and can be devastating.

By Heidi Hartmann and Stephen J. Rose|2025-01-27T19:24:29-05:00February 29, 2004|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

Family Leave for Low-Income Working Women: Providing Paid Leave through Temporary Disability Insurance, The New Jersey Case
Family Leave for Low-Income Working Women: Providing Paid Leave through Temporary Disability Insurance, The New Jersey Case

Family Leave for Low-Income Working Women: Providing Paid Leave through Temporary Disability Insurance, The New Jersey Case

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By Michele Naples|2025-01-27T19:24:29-05:00October 1, 2001|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

Equal Pay for Working Families
Equal Pay for Working Families

Equal Pay for Working Families

Equal Pay for Working Families: National and State Data on the Pay Gap and Its Costs

By Heidi Hartmann, Katherine Allen and Christine Owens|2025-01-27T19:24:29-05:00May 31, 1999|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

Equal Pay for Working Families
Equal Pay for Working Families

Equal Pay for Working Families

(Based on IWPR Report, Equal Pay for Working Families, by Heidi Hartmann, PhD, Katherine Allen, and Christine Owens)

By IWPR|2025-01-27T19:24:30-05:00May 31, 1999|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

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Maternity Leave in the United States: Paid Parental Leave is Still Not Standard, Even Among the Best U.S. Employers

Report to the Maryland Equal Pay Commission

Still a Man’s Labor Market: The Long-Term Earnings Gap

Family Leave for Low-Income Working Women: Providing Paid Leave through Temporary Disability Insurance, The New Jersey Case

Equal Pay for Working Families

Equal Pay for Working Families

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