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.
Single Mothers, Jobs, and Welfare: What the Data Tells Us
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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.
Single-Parent Families: Economic Survival and Welfare Reform
Can single parents on welfare find and keep jobs that enable them to support themselves and their families? Or will they need other sources of income in order to live above the poverty line?
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.
The Costs of Domestic Violence
Domestic violence has burst into the national spotlight relatively recently.
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.
Measuring the Costs of Domestic Violence Against Women and the Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions: An Initial Assessment and Proposals for Further ResearchMeasuring the Costs of Domestic Violence Against Women and the Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions: An Initial Assessment and Proposals for Further Research
Measuring the Costs of Domestic Violence Against Women and the Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions: An Initial Assessment and Proposals for Further Research
This review paper was prepared by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) as part of a joint project with Victim Services, Inc. and the Domestic Violence Training Project.
How Women Can Earn a Living Wage: The Effects of Pay Equity Remedies and a Higher Minimum Wage
Summarizes research by economists Deborah Figart and June Lapidus showing that both comparable worth and a higher minimum wage would reduce poverty considerably among low-income working women and their families.
