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 [...]

By Julia Carpenter But there's a more optimistic view to numbers like this, says Ariane Hegewisch, study director at the Institute for Women's Policy Research. When introducing potential career paths to young women, highlighting the growth could help contribute to the small shift in occupational [...]

By Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner Families making less also spend less, which impacts our consumer-driven economy. In fact, if women had pay parity, studies show our national GDP would increase by 3%. Given the magnitude of the negative impacts of unequal pay, it's not surprising that women are [...]

By Taylor Wanbaugh According to a new study released by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that promotes women’s rights, North Carolina ranked No. 31 in the country for female employment and earnings, a designated “C” rating by the report. The state also had [...]

By Jennifer Larino Louisiana remains among the worst states in the nation for working women, with a wage gap between male and female earners that is wider than anywhere else in the country and more women living in poverty, according to a new study by [...]

By Stav Ziv As Ariane Hegewisch, employment and earnings program director at the Institute for Women's Policy Research explains, it’s pretty typical for companies to hire somebody and give them a percentage increase from their previous salary, say 10% or 15%. Groups that face discrimination in the [...]