Equitable Work and Wages
We believe that economic justice begins with fair compensation for all women, and we build evidence to support equal pay policies, livable wages, unions and labor rights, and better job quality for women and their families.
From Roe to EOs, This Week’s Anniversaries Underscore What’s at Stake for Women’s Economic Security and Gender Equity
From a landmark abortion access court case to the Trump administration's week-one efforts to erode critical rights and protections, this week marks multiple anniversaries related to women’s health and economic well-being. These dates provide a crucial reminder of what’s at stake and why it is [...]
Revisiting Occupational Segregation and the Valuation of Women’s Work
While population ageing increases the demand for care work, new automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), reinforce the importance of human interaction, with recent research documenting significant wage premiums for social skills. Against this background, we investigate two factors behind the gender wage gap: [...]
Essential but Undervalued: Systemic Barriers Facing Black Women in Social Work
Black women have faced systemic racial and gender discrimination in the labor force, and although historically they have had high labor force participation rates, they tend to be overrepresented in care and service jobs. As such, an intersectional lens is key to understanding Black [...]
The Generational Wage Gap: Pay Equity Decades Away for Women Overall, Centuries Away for Women of Color
The generational wage gap shows just how far we still are from pay equity. At today’s pace, women won’t reach equal pay with men until at least 2071—and for many women of color, pay equity is still centuries away. With the wage gap widening [...]
