Briefing Paper

The Student Parent Equity Imperative: Guidance for the Biden-Harris Administration
The Student Parent Equity Imperative: Guidance for the Biden-Harris Administration

The Student Parent Equity Imperative: Guidance for the Biden-Harris Administration

As the Biden-Harris administration seeks to hasten the country’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, reforming the U.S. higher education system to ensure equitable access and attainment for all adults is more important than ever. The pandemic has disproportionately increased the caregiving, financial, and emotional burdens on student parents and their families—most of whom are mothers, students of color, adult and working learners, students with low incomes, and first-generation students [...]

By Lindsey Reichlin Cruse and Chaunté White|2021-12-03T12:34:18-05:00April 13, 2021|Briefing Paper, Publications, Student Parent Success Initiative|0 Comments

The Gender Wage Gap by Occupation, Race, and Ethnicity 2020
The Gender Wage Gap by Occupation, Race, and Ethnicity 2020

The Gender Wage Gap by Occupation, Race, and Ethnicity 2020

In 2020, women earned less than men in almost all occupations, whether they worked in predominantly male, predominantly female, or more integrated occupations. In the lowest paid of the largest 20 occupations for women, Maids and Housekeepers ($503 per week), women are nine-in-ten workers (and face a wage gap of 10.6 percent); in the highest paid of the largest 20 occupations for men, Chief Executives ($2,402 per week), women are fewer than one-in-three workers (and face a wage gap of 24.4 percent).

By Ariane Hegewisch and Eve Mefferd|2021-12-03T14:48:02-05:00March 21, 2021|Briefing Paper, Economic, Security, Mobility, and Equity, Publications|0 Comments

Here to Stay: Black, Latina, and Afro-Latina Women in Construction Trades Apprenticeships and Employment
Here to Stay: Black, Latina, and Afro-Latina Women in Construction Trades Apprenticeships and Employment

Here to Stay: Black, Latina, and Afro-Latina Women in Construction Trades Apprenticeships and Employment

The skilled construction trades provide opportunities to build careers that are both challenging and fulfilling, pay a family sustaining wage with benefits, and can be accessed through ‘learn as you earn’ apprenticeships. Apprenticeships are particularly common in the unionized sector of the construction industry, where contractors and unions jointly run and fund apprenticeship programs.

By Chandra Childers and Lark Jackson|2021-04-21T14:22:53-05:00March 9, 2021|Briefing Paper, Economic, Security, Mobility, and Equity, Publications|0 Comments

Asian and Pacific Islander Women Earn Less than White Men in All but One State
Asian and Pacific Islander Women Earn Less than White Men in All but One State

Asian and Pacific Islander Women Earn Less than White Men in All but One State

In 2019, the median earnings of Asian American and Pacific Islander women for a year of full-time work were just 84.6 percent of White non-Hispanic men’s, and just 73.3 percent of the median annual earnings of Asian American and Pacific Islander men.2 While Asian American and Pacific Islander women had the highest median annual earnings for full-time year-round women of the largest racial and ethnic groups in the United States, $55,0003 compared to $47,299 for all women workers,4 this hides large differences in the labor market experiences for different groups of women.

By Ariane Hegewisch and Halie Mariano|2021-12-03T14:58:42-05:00March 8, 2021|Briefing Paper, Economic, Security, Mobility, and Equity, Publications|0 Comments

The Weekly Gender Wage Gap by Race and Ethnicity: 2020
The Weekly Gender Wage Gap by Race and Ethnicity: 2020

The Weekly Gender Wage Gap by Race and Ethnicity: 2020

As lowest paid women lost most jobs, the gender wage gap for full-time workers shrank for all women and men, and by race & ethnicity. The gender wage gap in weekly earnings for full-time workers in the United States narrowed between 2019 and 2020, from 19.5 percent in 2019 (a gender earnings ratio of 81.5%) to 18.7 percent in 2020 (a gender earnings ratio of 82.3%)

By Ariane Hegewisch|2021-04-21T14:26:21-05:00March 4, 2021|Briefing Paper, Economic, Security, Mobility, and Equity, Publications|0 Comments

What Women Want: IWPR National Survey Details Priorities for the New Administration
What Women Want: IWPR National Survey Details Priorities for the New Administration

What Women Want: IWPR National Survey Details Priorities for the New Administration

A new National Survey by IWPR finds in first 100 days and beyond, affordable, high-quality healthcare, getting the economic recession under control, and job creation are top priorities for women for the new Administration and Congress. Women have been most affected by the COVID-incited economic downturn

By Jeff Hayes and C. Nicole Mason|2021-04-29T15:58:06-05:00February 24, 2021|Briefing Paper, In the Lead, Publications|0 Comments

On the Books, Off the Record: Examining the Effectiveness of Pay Secrecy Laws in the U.S.
On the Books, Off the Record: Examining the Effectiveness of Pay Secrecy Laws in the U.S.

On the Books, Off the Record: Examining the Effectiveness of Pay Secrecy Laws in the U.S.

The Equal Pay Act, passed over a half century ago, prohibits sex-based wage discrimination (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 2020). But the gender pay gap remains substantial: full-time, year-round women workers earn 18 percent less than their male counterparts (Hegewisch and Mariano 2020). A lack of knowledge about who makes what within organizations contributes to this continuing disparity.

By Shengwei Sun|2021-04-21T14:26:04-05:00February 9, 2021|Briefing Paper, Economic, Security, Mobility, and Equity|0 Comments

Building a Better Future for Women in New Orleans Post COVID-19: Opportunities for Women in Skilled Trade and Technical Jobs
Building a Better Future for Women in New Orleans Post COVID-19: Opportunities for Women in Skilled Trade and Technical Jobs

Building a Better Future for Women in New Orleans Post COVID-19: Opportunities for Women in Skilled Trade and Technical Jobs

Women in New Orleans are particularly severely affected by COVID-19 related job losses because they are more likely than men to work in leisure and hospitality and tourism. Women are much less likely than men to work in construction, manufacturing, transportation, and Port-related jobs,

By Chandra Childers, Elyse Shaw, Zohal Barsi and Eve Mefferd|2021-02-09T21:52:58-05:00January 25, 2021|Briefing Paper, Economic, Security, Mobility, and Equity|0 Comments

Understanding the Student Parent Experience: The Need for Improved Data Collection on Parent Status in Higher Education
Understanding the Student Parent Experience: The Need for Improved Data Collection on Parent Status in Higher Education

Understanding the Student Parent Experience: The Need for Improved Data Collection on Parent Status in Higher Education

Data on students’ parent status would help campuses, higher education systems, and policymakers assess needs, target supports and services, understand student outcomes, and measure what works to promote student parent enrollment, persistence, and completion.

By Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, Barbara Gault and Tessa Holtzman|2020-10-06T18:16:37-05:00October 6, 2020|Briefing Paper, Student Parent Success Initiative|0 Comments

Stepping Up to Lead: Women Re-Shaping America’s Leadership, Politics & Priorities
Stepping Up to Lead: Women Re-Shaping America’s Leadership, Politics & Priorities

Stepping Up to Lead: Women Re-Shaping America’s Leadership, Politics & Priorities

Women comprise more than 50 percent of the U.S. population but currently hold just 23 percent of elected seats in Congress and about 1 in 3 state legislative seats. In 2018, a record number of women were elected to office—117 women, including 42 women of color—bringing their expertise, diverse experiences, and agenda for broad and inclusive change to Congress and state legislatures across the country.

By Elyse Shaw, C. Nicole Mason and Adiam Tesfaselassie|2020-08-20T14:20:25-05:00August 18, 2020|Briefing Paper, Research and Action Hub|0 Comments

The Student Parent Equity Imperative: Guidance for the Biden-Harris Administration

The Gender Wage Gap by Occupation, Race, and Ethnicity 2020

Here to Stay: Black, Latina, and Afro-Latina Women in Construction Trades Apprenticeships and Employment

Asian and Pacific Islander Women Earn Less than White Men in All but One State

The Weekly Gender Wage Gap by Race and Ethnicity: 2020

What Women Want: IWPR National Survey Details Priorities for the New Administration

On the Books, Off the Record: Examining the Effectiveness of Pay Secrecy Laws in the U.S.

Building a Better Future for Women in New Orleans Post COVID-19: Opportunities for Women in Skilled Trade and Technical Jobs

Understanding the Student Parent Experience: The Need for Improved Data Collection on Parent Status in Higher Education

Stepping Up to Lead: Women Re-Shaping America’s Leadership, Politics & Priorities

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