Press Room

Half of all US Families have a Breadwinner Mother

New state-by-state analysis shows wide geographic variation of breadwinner mothers by race and ethnicity

September 8, 2016|Categories: Press Releases|

Campus Child Care Declining in Most States Despite Growing Numbers of College Students with Children

As nearly 5 million undergraduate students raising children return to college this fall, a new state-by-state analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that campus child care is declining in most states across the country, and that many states have rules making it difficult for students to get child care subsidies.

September 1, 2016|Categories: Press Releases|

Black Women Saw Wages Decline Three Times as Much as Women Overall in the Last Decade
Black Women Saw Wages Decline Three Times as Much as Women Overall in the Last Decade

Black Women Saw Wages Decline Three Times as Much as Women Overall in the Last Decade

In advance of African American Women’s Equal Pay Day on August 23—the day symbolizing how far into the year Black women must work to earn what White men earned in the previous year—the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) released an analysis finding that, between 2004 and 2014, Black women’s real median annual earnings for full-time, year-round work declined by 5.0 percent—more than three times as much as earnings for all women.

August 22, 2016|Categories: Press Releases|

Middle-skill Jobs: High school vocational or technical classes are good paths toward future employment.
Middle-skill Jobs: High school vocational or technical classes are good paths toward future employment.

Middle-skill Jobs: High school vocational or technical classes are good paths toward future employment.

By Houston Chronicle Editorial Board The gender gap is another barrier. Women hold only one-third of positions in growing middle-skill jobs that pay at least $35,000 or as much as $102,000 per year, according to a report by the Institute for Women's Policy Research. To [...]

August 17, 2016|Categories: Press Hits|

Opinion: Women Need Equal Opportunities for Job Advancement
Opinion: Women Need Equal Opportunities for Job Advancement

Opinion: Women Need Equal Opportunities for Job Advancement

Heidi Hartmann , an economist, is the president and founder of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Updated August 15, 2016, 3:20 AM The new Act to Establish Pay Equity in Massachusetts is similar to voluntary moves by Google and other companies that have changed [...]

August 17, 2016|Categories: Press Hits|

80 Percent of Patents Belong Solely to Men
80 Percent of Patents Belong Solely to Men

80 Percent of Patents Belong Solely to Men

By Michelle Chen Unless women are somehow only 25 percent as creative as men these days, we have a big problem with our so-called “innovation age.” In one clear measure of who takes the credit for scientific inventions, male inventors dominate about four in five [...]

August 17, 2016|Categories: Press Hits|

For Media Inquiries or Permission Requests:

Black Women Saw Wages Decline Three Times as Much as Women Overall in the Last Decade

Middle-skill Jobs: High school vocational or technical classes are good paths toward future employment.

Opinion: Women Need Equal Opportunities for Job Advancement

80 Percent of Patents Belong Solely to Men

IN THE LEAD

Follow us on social and subscribe to In the Lead for timely analysis and to be the first to know about new research and upcoming events.