Research News Roundup – June 2017
RESEARCH MAKING THE NEWS Black Women: Supporting Their Families—With Few [...]
The Financial Cost of Rape
By Sarah Gonzalez Bocinski and Malore Dusenbery Sexual violence continues to be [...]
ESS Quarterly Newsletter Spring/Summer 2017 Issue
The effects of sexual victimization on survivors are significant and long-lasting. Physical and psychological trauma can diminish quality of life, and survivors incur significant economic costs in the immediate aftermath of an assault and across their lifespan.
IWPR stands with Pride!
IWPR stands with PRIDE! Pride month is celebrated across the [...]
What the Research Says: Job Training
The Trump Administration declared this to be Workforce Development Week, focusing [...]
Research News Roundup – May 2017
IWPR.org Research Making the News No need to punish poor [...]
What the Research Says: President Trump’s 2018 Budget
The Trump Administration released their 2018 budget on Tuesday. Among [...]
Cuts to Legal Services Corporation Would Disproportionately Harm Survivors of Domestic Violence
President Trump’s 2018 budget released Tuesday provides key insights into [...]
The Economic Security of Older Women and Men in Hawaii
This briefing paper examines many aspects of the economic security of women and men aged 65 and older in Hawai`i, including their marital status, poverty, and various sources and amounts of income, with attention to disparities by gender and race/ethnicity.
Mothers Earn Just 71 Percent of What Fathers Earn
Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of data from the American Community Survey finds that in 2015, mothers’ median annual earnings for full-time, year-round work ($40,000) were just 71.4 percent of fathers’ earnings ($56,000).
