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Engaging Women in Environmental Activism: Recommendations for Rachel’s Network

In this report, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) outlines key research findings that can help Rachel’s Network achieve these goals by better understanding women’s attitudes toward the environment, their activism around environmental issues, effective strategies for engaging women in environmental activism, and potential partners among women’s organizations for building a coalition around environmentalism.

By Amy Caiazza|2021-01-07T02:44:09-05:00September 13, 2003|IWPR|Comments Off on Engaging Women in Environmental Activism: Recommendations for Rachel’s Network

The Children Left Behind: Deeper Poverty, Fewer Supports

This study examines the well-being of low-income children living with a single parent before and after welfare reform. Age and race/ethnicity variables are used to illuminate the range of impacts experienced by the children in the sample.

By Avis Jones-DeWeever|2020-12-12T19:56:25-05:00May 31, 2003|IWPR|Comments Off on The Children Left Behind: Deeper Poverty, Fewer Supports

40-hour Work Proposal Significantly Raises Mothers’ Employment Standard

The 40-hour-a-week, year-round work requirement Congress is considering imposing on TANF recipients is substantially higher than the current level of mothers’ employment activity.

By Vicky Lovell|2020-11-22T22:09:34-05:00May 31, 2003|IWPR|Comments Off on 40-hour Work Proposal Significantly Raises Mothers’ Employment Standard

Before and After Welfare Reform: The Work and Well-Being of Low-Income Single Parent Families

This report is the tenth in a series of IWPR reports examining the income sources and employment of low-income families.

By Avis Jones-DeWeever and Xu Song|2020-11-30T00:40:19-05:00May 31, 2003|IWPR|Comments Off on Before and After Welfare Reform: The Work and Well-Being of Low-Income Single Parent Families

Survival at the Bottom: The Income Packages of Low-Income Families with Children

This study builds on previous IWPR work and provides information on the income packaging strategies and outcomes for a variety of low-income families with children in the United States during a time period prior to the welfare reform legislation of 1996.

By Heidi Hartmann, Roberta Spalter-Roth and Melissa Sills|2020-12-02T23:15:00-05:00May 31, 2003|IWPR|Comments Off on Survival at the Bottom: The Income Packages of Low-Income Families with Children

Social Security: The Largest Source of Income for Both Women and Men in Retirement

This Briefing Paper examines major sources of income for older Americans—earnings, Social Security pensions and assets—by gender and marital status.

By Heidi Hartmann and Sunhwa Lee|2020-11-15T17:45:14-05:00March 31, 2003|IWPR|Comments Off on Social Security: The Largest Source of Income for Both Women and Men in Retirement

Estimating the Benefits of Paid Family and Medical Leave: A Colloquium Report

This report summarizes a meeting co-hosted by the Institute of Women's Policy Research and the Institute of Industrial Relations of the University of California Berkeley in March 2002.

By Vicky Lovell|2020-11-06T01:11:04-05:00December 31, 2002|IWPR|Comments Off on Estimating the Benefits of Paid Family and Medical Leave: A Colloquium Report

The Georgia Unemployment Insurance System: Overcoming Barrieres for Low-Wage, Part-Time, and Women Workers

This report uses national and state survey data to analyze the low coverage rate of the Georgia UI system for all workers in Georgia, but especially for low-wage, part-time, and women workers.

By IWPR|2021-02-07T18:02:03-05:00December 10, 2002|IWPR|Comments Off on The Georgia Unemployment Insurance System: Overcoming Barrieres for Low-Wage, Part-Time, and Women Workers