By Kimberly Lawson Women have been on the come-up for several decades now. In fact, a recent Pew Research study found that it only took 35 years, from 1980 to 2015, to narrow the wage gap between men and women by a whole 20 cents. Yay, progress! [...]

By James Comtois The gender pay gap in the financial services industry is comparably wider than most other industries. A report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research, released April 4, revealed that the gender wage gap among the 20 most common occupations is largest [...]

By Eric Morath More than 1,000 economists are calling on the American Economic Association to create its own job-search site in order to address sexism in their field. The call comes after a recent study found vulgar and misogynist language directed toward women on a [...]

By Hugo Greenhalgh By April, every company in the UK with more than 250 employees must have published figures for the gap in pay between male and female staff. In the US, a report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research revealed that women, on average, [...]

By Casey Quinlan Last year, the gender wage gap widened, according to a March Institute for Women’s Policy Research analysis. The ratio of median weekly earnings for women working full time compared to men decreased by 1.4 percent. Even improvements in the economy don’t help women get [...]