Impact of an Employer Mandate on Women’s Access to Health Care
DOWNLOAD REPORT President Clinton's proposed Health Security [...]
Micro-enterprise and women: The Viability of Self-Employment as a Strategy for Alleviating Poverty
Supporters of micro-enterprise argue that self-employment is a strategy that can improve the economic well-being of low-income families and promote economic development in poverty stricken urban areas.
Women’s Access to Health Insurance
Women have a unique relationship to the health care system in the United States that needs to be taken into account in health care reform.
Women’s Health Insurance Costs and Experiences
This report is part of the Join Project on Women’s Health Care Policy Research of the Women’s Research and Education Institute and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
Women’s Access to Health Insurance (Testimony)
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate, on the IWPR report Women’s Access to Health Insurance.
Income Insecurity: The Failure of Unemployment Insurance to Reach Out to Working AFDC Mothers
DOWNLOAD REPORT Unemployment Insurance (UI) was [...]
Looking Toward the Workplace of the 21st Century: Closing the Policy Gap for Working Women
A lecture given at George Washington University as part of the Annual Nancy Yulee Lecture Series. Overview of women’s labor force participation, women’s educational attainment, the wage gap, and family roles, as well as public policy changes that could help to alleviate gender inequities.
A Feminist Approach to Policy Making for Women and Families
As women have dramatically increased their labor force participation over the past several decades, the organization of family life in the United States has also been transformed.
What Do Unions Do for Women?
At a time when union membership has been declining overall, a new report by IWPR, “What Do Unions Do For Women?” shows that the number of women who are unions members has continued to increase.
AFDC Recipients as Caregivers and Workers: A Feminist Approach to Income Security Policy for Women
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was established in 1935 as a means-tested public assistance program to provide cash payments to impoverished families with minor children headed by a caretaker relative, usually a widowed mother deprived of support from a wage-earning father (Peterson and Petersen, 1993)
