To Narrow Wage Gap, Congress Might Ban Employers From Asking for Salary History
By Christina Cauterucci This new congressional bill could be particularly [...]
Women Saw Significant Increase in Earnings in 2015, but Progress on Closing Gender Wage Gap Remains Slow
Despite increasing wages for women of all racial and ethnic groups, women will not see equal pay until 2059
Native American Women Saw the Largest Declines in Wages over the Last Decade
Washington, DC—In advance of Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day [...]
A key amenity missing from most college campuses (it’s not a gym or food court)
By Jillian Berman For many college students, sitting through a [...]
What Programming’s Past Reveals About Today’s Gender-Pay Gap
By Rhaina Cohen The crux of this argument is correct. [...]
What Programming's Past Reveals About Today's Gender-Pay Gap
By Rhaina Cohen The crux of this argument is correct. [...]
Half of all US Families have a Breadwinner Mother
New state-by-state analysis shows wide geographic variation of breadwinner mothers by race and ethnicity
Campus Child Care Declining in Most States Despite Growing Numbers of College Students with Children
As nearly 5 million undergraduate students raising children return to college this fall, a new state-by-state analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that campus child care is declining in most states across the country, and that many states have rules making it difficult for students to get child care subsidies.
Black Women Saw Wages Decline Three Times as Much as Women Overall in the Last Decade
In advance of African American Women’s Equal Pay Day on August 23—the day symbolizing how far into the year Black women must work to earn what White men earned in the previous year—the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) released an analysis finding that, between 2004 and 2014, Black women’s real median annual earnings for full-time, year-round work declined by 5.0 percent—more than three times as much as earnings for all women.
Middle-skill Jobs: High school vocational or technical classes are good paths toward future employment.
By Houston Chronicle Editorial Board The gender gap is another [...]
