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Supporting Student Parent Recovery through State Policy
Supporting Student Parent Recovery through State Policy

Supporting Student Parent Recovery through State Policy

Higher education is essential to accessing high-demand jobs with family-supporting wages and improving family financial well-being. This was true before the COVID-19 pandemic and is especially true now as the nation continues the process of recovering from one of the worst public health, economic, and social crises in modern U.S. history. Early evidence suggests that the pandemic exacerbated barriers faced by student parents, affecting their college plans.

By Chaunté White and Lindsey Reichlin Cruse|2021-12-02T11:05:00-05:00November 30, 2021|Briefing Paper, Publications, Student Parent Success Initiative|0 Comments

A Future Worth Building: What Tradeswomen Say about the Change They Need in the Construction Industry
A Future Worth Building: What Tradeswomen Say about the Change They Need in the Construction Industry

A Future Worth Building: What Tradeswomen Say about the Change They Need in the Construction Industry

Careers in the construction trades can provide high earnings and good benefits, often through a learn-while-you-earn apprenticeship. In 2020, more than 300,000 women worked in the trades—the largest number ever. Yet while their numbers are growing, women still make up fewer than one in twenty of workers in construction occupations.

By Ariane Hegewisch and Eve Mefferd|2022-02-17T16:02:47-05:00November 16, 2021|Publications, Report|0 Comments

Build Back Better Plan will Accelerate Gender Equality, Reduce Poverty for Women and Families, and Strengthen the U.S. Care Infrastructure
Build Back Better Plan will Accelerate Gender Equality, Reduce Poverty for Women and Families, and Strengthen the U.S. Care Infrastructure

Build Back Better Plan will Accelerate Gender Equality, Reduce Poverty for Women and Families, and Strengthen the U.S. Care Infrastructure

The Build Back Better (BBB) Framework proposed by the Biden Administration will accelerate gender equality and significantly reduce poverty for women and families. The plan invests in women’s economic security and equity by bolstering our care infrastructure, targeted tax credits, food and nutrition assistance, and higher education and training.

By IWPR|2021-11-08T16:33:49-05:00November 5, 2021|Briefing Paper, Publications|0 Comments

For Women in Unions, Paid Leave Is Not a Pipe Dream
For Women in Unions, Paid Leave Is Not a Pipe Dream

For Women in Unions, Paid Leave Is Not a Pipe Dream

Union membership provides improved access to critical benefits like paid leave, along with better pay, health insurance, and pensions. For women, this advantage is especially helpful for weathering crises like COVID-19 and the resulting “she-cession.”

By Jeff Hayes|2021-12-03T12:21:28-05:00November 2, 2021|Briefing Paper, Economic, Security, Mobility, and Equity, Publications|0 Comments

Construction Workers Need Paid Leave to Rebuild the Nation
Construction Workers Need Paid Leave to Rebuild the Nation

Construction Workers Need Paid Leave to Rebuild the Nation

Evidence from California suggests that construction workers face the highest COVID-19 infection rates of any other sector. IWPR’s 2021 survey of tradeswomen across states shows that most construction workers who needed to take leave during COVID-19 had to do so without pay.

By Ariane Hegewisch and Eve Mefferd|2021-11-02T09:55:31-05:00October 26, 2021|Publications, Quick Figure|0 Comments

Evaluating the Role of Campus Child Care in Student Parent Success
Evaluating the Role of Campus Child Care in Student Parent Success

Evaluating the Role of Campus Child Care in Student Parent Success

To ensure student parents are wholly supported in their educational pathways, research is needed to understand the connection between quality, affordable child care and student parents’ academic outcomes. Yet several challenges persist that make rigorous study of this connection difficult. Drawing on interviews with campus child care directors and a review of data and relevant literature, this brief presents a snapshot of the availability and importance of campus child care services for student parent success. It concludes with recommendations to improve conditions for rigorous research on the role of campus child care in the outcomes of college students with children.

By Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, Amanda Hare and Susana Contreras-Mendez|2021-12-03T12:22:12-05:00October 26, 2021|Briefing Paper, Publications, Student Parent Success Initiative|0 Comments

The Longest Time to Equal Pay: Latinas and the Wage Gap
The Longest Time to Equal Pay: Latinas and the Wage Gap

The Longest Time to Equal Pay: Latinas and the Wage Gap

Latina women are paid less than White men in all states with sufficient sample sizes. They will not see equal pay until 2206.

By Ariane Hegewisch and Eve Mefferd|2021-12-03T15:00:30-05:00October 19, 2021|Economic, Security, Mobility, and Equity, Fact Sheet, Publications, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Economy|0 Comments

The Gender Pay Gap, 1985 to 2020—with Forecast for Achieving Pay Equity, by Race and Ethnicity
The Gender Pay Gap, 1985 to 2020—with Forecast for Achieving Pay Equity, by Race and Ethnicity

The Gender Pay Gap, 1985 to 2020—with Forecast for Achieving Pay Equity, by Race and Ethnicity

If progress continue at the same rate as it has since 1985, it will take until 2059 to reach full pay equity between all women and men workers.

By IWPR|2022-02-22T11:02:36-05:00October 19, 2021|Economic, Security, Mobility, and Equity, Publications, Quick Figure|0 Comments

Lost Jobs, Stalled Progress: The Impact of the “She-Cession” on Equal Pay
Lost Jobs, Stalled Progress: The Impact of the “She-Cession” on Equal Pay

Lost Jobs, Stalled Progress: The Impact of the “She-Cession” on Equal Pay

In year one of COVID-19, the gender wage gap narrowed slightly only for full-time, year-round workers, with women in low-paying jobs bearing the brunt of the crisis. For all workers, the gender gap widened slightly.

By Ariane Hegewisch and Eve Mefferd|2021-12-03T15:01:06-05:00September 15, 2021|Economic, Security, Mobility, and Equity, Fact Sheet, Publications|0 Comments

The Gender Pay Gap, 1960 to 2020—with Forecast for Achieving Pay Equity
The Gender Pay Gap, 1960 to 2020—with Forecast for Achieving Pay Equity

The Gender Pay Gap, 1960 to 2020—with Forecast for Achieving Pay Equity

If progress continues at the same rate as it has since 1960, it will still take another 39 years, until 2059, to reach full equity between women and men among full-time, year-round workers.

By IWPR|2021-12-03T12:26:42-05:00September 13, 2021|Economic, Security, Mobility, and Equity, Publications, Quick Figure|0 Comments

Supporting Student Parent Recovery through State Policy

A Future Worth Building: What Tradeswomen Say about the Change They Need in the Construction Industry

Build Back Better Plan will Accelerate Gender Equality, Reduce Poverty for Women and Families, and Strengthen the U.S. Care Infrastructure

For Women in Unions, Paid Leave Is Not a Pipe Dream

Construction Workers Need Paid Leave to Rebuild the Nation

Evaluating the Role of Campus Child Care in Student Parent Success

The Longest Time to Equal Pay: Latinas and the Wage Gap

The Gender Pay Gap, 1985 to 2020—with Forecast for Achieving Pay Equity, by Race and Ethnicity

Lost Jobs, Stalled Progress: The Impact of the “She-Cession” on Equal Pay

The Gender Pay Gap, 1960 to 2020—with Forecast for Achieving Pay Equity

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