Research News Roundup – June 2018
RESEARCH MAKING THE NEWS Campus Child Care Critical in Raising [...]
RESEARCH MAKING THE NEWS Campus Child Care Critical in Raising [...]
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the July employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) establishment survey finds that in June women added 153,000 jobs and men gained just 60,000 jobs for a total of 213,000 jobs added to payrolls in June.
As researchers, data analysts, and social scientists, we often reach [...]
RESEARCH MAKING THE NEWS Single Moms in College Spend 9 [...]
Single mothers enrolled in postsecondary education face substantial time demands that make persistence and graduation difficult. Just 28 percent of single mothers graduate with a degree or certificate within 6 years of enrollment and another 55 percent leave school before earning a college credential.
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Millennial women are the most educated generation of women in the United States and are now more likely than men to have a college degree. At the same time, progress on closing the gender wage gap has stalled for nearly two decades, indicating that unequal pay continues to be a challenge to new generations of women workers.
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the April employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) establishment survey finds that in March women added 83,000 jobs and men gained just 20,000 jobs for a total of 103,000 jobs added to payrolls in March.
(On January 17, 2018, Peter L. Rousseau, Secretary-Treasurer of the [...]