BY SUNG YEON CHOIMORROW, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR For example, women once dominated the computer programming sector, but when it shifted to be predominantly men, wages increased. Women and men both pay penalties for working in predominantly female occupations, but in general, men across skill-level and occupation earn higher median [...]

By Natelegé Whaley Failure to pay women equally limits their ability to attain economic stability. If women were paid the same as men, for instance, the poverty rate among working women would decrease from 8.0% to 3.8%, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. >>Read [...]

By Kimberly Lawson According to the 1935 National Labor Relations Act, employees who work in the private sector have the right to engage in "concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection." A 2010 survey from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, however, [...]

By Abby Haglage Based on current research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), women earn less than men in nearly every industry, even when doing equivalent work. This “wage gap,” as it’s come to be known, manifests as women bringing home (on average) 78.3 cents [...]

By Olivia B. Waxman TIME spoke to Ariane Hegewisch, the Program Director Employment & Earnings at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, about some of the most long-standing myths about the wage gap, and why experts say society ought to know better by now. >>Read [...]

By JUDITH OHIKUARE, LINDSEY STANBERRY According to data from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), the income you’re losing as a result of the gender wage gap really adds up. It might just be a few thousand dollars when you first start working, but by 37, you’ve already [...]