By Lauren Collins The gender pay gap is often justified by the argument that women go into lower-status, less competitive fields. But research has shown that when women saturate a well-compensated field the pay declines, and vice versa. The wages of ticket agents, for example, [...]

By Carolyn De Lorenzo It’s no secret that the gender pay gap is stubbornly persistent on a global scale. According to the Institute For Women’s Policy Research, the gender pay gap in weekly earnings for full time U.S. workers was pretty static between 2016 and 2017, and [...]

By Gaby Galvin Those services are more difficult to obtain in some states: The Institute for Women's Policy Research, for instance, gives Indiana a D+ for reproductive rights – a grade that takes into account the accessibility of abortion services, among other factors – and [...]

By Eric Morath Ariane Hegewisch, program director of employment and earnings at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, said the Chicago study highlights that working mothers do not have enough support. “We know that someone who has unreliable child care is more likely to be [...]

By Connie Loizos The development will undoubtedly be welcome news to women, and particular women of color, who are among a fast-growing percentage of entrepreneurs in the country, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a 31-year-old, Washington-based nonprofit. According to one of its reports, women [...]

By Eoin O'Carroll Christian Science Monitor Professor Fouad, who spent three years surveying women with engineering degrees about their career choices, cites inflexible schedules, a lack of opportunities for advancement, and incivility toward women. “It’s not the women’s fault,” she says, noting that she found no [...]