An Economy without Women? 5 Facts to Know
5 Facts about Women and the Economy in Advance of [...]
The Gender Wage Gap 2016: Earnings Differences by Race and Ethnicity
The gender wage gap for weekly full-time workers in the United States narrowed slightly between 2015 and 2016. In 2016, the ratio of women’s to men’s median weekly full-time earnings was 81.9 percent, an increase of 0.8 percentage points since 2015, when the ratio was 81.1 percent, leaving a wage gap of 18.1 percentage points down from 19.9 percentage points in 2015.
New Survey of Job Training Participants Indicates Supportive Services are Critical to Completing a Program
IWPR recently released findings from a survey of nearly 2,000 [...]
Getting to the Finish Line: The Availability and Impact of Supportive Services in the Workforce Development System
This report presents an overview of findings from the Job Training Success Project at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, which investigated access to supportive services across the workforce development system and how gaps in services can be addressed.
A Time to Honor, Reflect, and Inspire Change
As a leading think tank in the United States addressing policy through an intersectional and gendered lens, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) marshals social science research and brings it to bear on the inequalities women face every day.
February Research News Roundup
RESEARCH IN THE NEWS Boston Comes Together to Help Immigrants [...]
Programs to Support Job Training Success: Innovations to Address Unmet Needs
Job training programs typically focus on teaching occupational skills—everything from data entry to truck driving, and customer service to carpentry, among many others.
Intersections of Stalking and Economic Security
Stalking affects nearly one in six women and more than one in 19 men in the United States in their lifetime. The majority of stalking victims are stalked by individuals they know.
Family and Medical Leave-Taking among Older Workers
This brief examines the family and medical leave-taking behaviors among older workers aged 55 and older compared with younger workers.
The Effects of FMLA Eligibility and Awareness on Family Leave-Taking
This brief explores the effect of FMLA eligibility and awareness on whether workers take leave for FMLA-qualifying reasons, where workers typically learn about the FMLA, and which workers are less likely to be aware of the FMLA.
