By Tim Henderson Claudia Goldin, a Harvard University economist, argued in a 2015 paper that more flexible hours would go a long way toward solving the gender pay gap, which she said is often caused in part by [...]

By Mitchell Hartman Also, in recent years, African-American women have been starting their own businesses at the highest rate of any demographic group, according to data compiled in a report by the Institute for Women's Policy Research and [...]

By Bethany McLean Underneath the stories are the numbers, and these show that change, in the ways that matter most, have been superficial. A Government Accountability Office report from December 2017 concluded that women had [...]

By Rachel Dovey The ordinance will extend paid sick leave to around 87,000 Austin workers according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. The Observer reports: The measure mandates that employees receive one hour of paid sick [...]

by Bob Sechler and Sebastian Herrera City Council Member Greg Casar — the author and lead proponent of the new ordinance — disputed the contention by business groups that the plan’s impact hasn’t been adequately examined, [...]

by Pam Wickham, Raytheon Those figures alone are discouraging, but what’s truly depressing is that they’ve been about the same for decades. The gender wage gap everybody keeps talking about is closing at a glacial [...]