On Equal Pay Day, Study Finds Women Earn Less Than Men – Whether They Do the Same Job or Different Jobs
Whether they work in the same occupations as men or [...]
Valuing Good Health in Connecticut: The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days
Policymakers across the country are increasingly interested in ensuring that workers have paid sick days.
Are Women Now Half the Labor Force? The Truth about Women and Equal Participation in the Labor Force
For more than a year the news media have been tracking the moment when women might become half the labor force. In spring 2009, it was said it might happen in the next few months, by summer it was said maybe it would happen in the fall.
IWPR Research on Paid Sick Days Receives Press Coverage Across the Country
In February, Kevin Miller, Ph.D., worked with Robert Drago, Ph.D., [...]
Economic Security for Women: Wealth Building for Women of Color as A Strategy for Long-Term Economic Recovery
Monday, March 8, 2010 | 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. [...]
Listen to: Ending Poverty, Not Welfare: A Grassroots Congressional Briefing on TANF Reauthorization
The audio recording of this briefing on TANF reauthorization is [...]
Who Are Social Security Beneficiaries? (Updated)
Social Security – formally called Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) – is a social insurance program that provides benefits to workers and their families upon retirement, disability, or death.
Women and Social Security: Benefit Types and Eligibility
Social Security provides monthly benefits to qualified retired and disabled workers, their family members, and survivors of deceased workers
Social Security: Vital to Retirement Security for 35 Million Women and Men
This Briefing Paper examines major sources of income for older Americans—earnings, Social Security, pensions and assets—by gender and marital status.
New IWPR Briefing Paper Shows High Rates of Unemployment and Economic Uncertainty for Women who Maintain Families in Pennsylvania
A new Briefing Paper, The Female Face of Poverty and [...]
