Paid Sick Days in Connecticut Would Improve Health Outcomes, Help Control Health Care Costs
In Connecticut, 37 percent of the percent of the private sector workforce, or 471,000 workers, lack access to paid sick days.
Social and Economic Status of Latina Immigrants in Phoenix
DOWNLOAD REPORT One in ten Arizona residents [...]
Telling the Real Story on Social Security
This blog is also published on IWPR's Social Security Media [...]
Women, Poverty, and Economic Insecurity in Wisconsin and the Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis MSA
Since the beginning of the recession in 2007, with its high unemployment and rising poverty rates, more families than ever are struggling to make ends meet.
Latinas and Social Security
Social Security is a crucial source of income for many Americans. This is particularly true for women and people of color, who tend to have fewer alternative sources of income, experience higher poverty rates, and earn less on average throughout their working years (Hartmann, Hayes, and Drago 2011).
Women in Science: Beyond Babies and Biology
by Robert Drago Every few years, we get a recycling [...]
Women Immigrants: Fear, Education, and Economics
This is a guest blog post by Heidi Silver-Pacuilla that [...]
Where’s My 20?
By Sara Manzano-Díaz, Director of the U.S. Department of Labor's [...]
A Partial Fix for Closing the Wage Gap: End Segregation in the Labor Market
by Barbara Gault So, the wage gap is still going [...]
