Extensive research has shown that women on average make less than men. But the reasons why and the path toward pay equity are much murkier. The study from the Washington-based nonprofit, the Institute for Women’s [...]

In many countries, women have made strides, but there’s a long way to go to equality. In the United States, according to the Institute for Women Policy Research , women’s earnings hover around 79 percent [...]

As Americans, we tend to think we have the best of everything at our fingertips. But a new “glass ceiling index” shows that just isn’t the case when it comes to women in the workplace. [...]

College students are ineligible for the state food assistance program, formerly known as food stamps, unless they work at least 20 hours a week, have a child under 6 or meet certain other requirements. The [...]

The gender wage gap actually widened last year, according to a new analysis from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) based on weekly data for full-time workers. The ratio of median weekly earnings for [...]

Wages play an important role in those statistics; when you earn less, paying off loans is harder. Student loan debt, meanwhile, tends to take up a larger share of women’s income than it does men’s, [...]