This brief reviews social science literature and research, which demonstrates that class actions play a significant societal role in remedying systemic employment discrimination because individual discrimination lawsuits almost never result in meaningful class-wide injunctive relief.
Social Security is the bedrock of retirement income for older Americans. IWPR analysis of the 2010 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) shows that Social Security remains the largest source of income for older Americans.
The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) joins the nation [...]
By Robert Drago, Ph.D. Since March 23, 2010, when the [...]
A new analysis from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) reveals that, after correcting for job tenure requirements imposed by employers, the estimated number of employees who can access paid sick days decreases noticeably.
Wider Opportunities for Women compared working-age adults’ household incomes to The Basic Economic Security Tables (BEST) for the United States, a measure of the basic needs and assets workers require for economic security.
This blog post was originally published on The Huffington Post. [...]
As a vote is pending in the Senate, activists are [...]
IWPR’s research on the Status of Women in the Middle East and North Africa, gender segregation in the workforce, the status of women in the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina.
This blog post was originally published on New Deal 2.0. [...]
