4 Salary Negotiation Myths That Hold Women Back
"The wage gap between men and women has hardly budged [...]
Statistics Enrich Picture of America’s Young Adults
"What the researchers found was that the women in the [...]
Get Well First
As a general rule, Americans are bred to be hard [...]
Gender Wage Gap Persists in Almost All Occupations
According to a new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), women earn less than men in almost all of the 112 occupations for which the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes weekly full-time earnings data for both women and men.
The Worst Paying Cities for Women
Despite improving since the 1960s, the gender pay gap is [...]
How ‘Male’ Jobs Hurt Female Paychecks
Why do women still earn less than men? No seriously, [...]
How 'Male' Jobs Hurt Female Paychecks
Why do women still earn less than men? No seriously, [...]
Here’s Why The Gender Wage Gap Hasn’t Budged in a Decade
The progress in closing the gender wage gap has stalled [...]
Women Gained Over Half of the Jobs Added in February; Men Have Regained 82 Percent of Jobs Lost in the Recession
According to an Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the March employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), women gained 99,000 jobs in February, while men gained 76,000 for a net increase of 175,000 jobs in February. As of February, men have regained 82 percent (4.9 million) of the jobs they lost during the recession, whereas women hold 17 percent more jobs on payrolls (68.0 million) than at their previous employment peak in March 2008 (67.6 million), more than recovering all the jobs they lost in the downturn.
Earned Sick Time in Chicago Would Benefit Business, Reduce Health Care Costs
Washington, DC—As Chicago City Council legislators consider the Earned Sick Time Ordinance, new research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) estimates that providing paid sick days to newly covered workers is expected to yield savings of more than $6.4 million annually, after employer costs and benefits are calculated.
