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 [...]

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 [...]