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All the Jobs Growth Last Month Went to Women. (And That's Not Necessarily Good News for Them.)

A remarkable piece of news came out along with last month's job report — of the 74,000 jobs added to the U.S. economy in December, all of them went to women . Women today are definitely doing better than they were in the depths of [...]

August 4, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

With Much-Needed Job Growth in July, Men Have Recovered 94% of Jobs They Lost in Recession
With Much-Needed Job Growth in July, Men Have Recovered 94% of Jobs They Lost in Recession

With Much-Needed Job Growth in July, Men Have Recovered 94% of Jobs They Lost in Recession

According to an Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the August employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), men gained nearly two out of every three jobs added to the U.S. economy last month. In July, women gained 68,000 jobs, while men gained 141,000 for an increase of 209,000 total jobs in July. Although the total number of jobs lost in the recession has been recovered, men are still short 392,000 jobs from their prerecession peak, having recovered 94 percent of jobs they lost. In addition, BLS revisions increased the number of jobs gained by men in May and June by 70,000, but decreased the number of jobs gained for women by 50,000.

August 1, 2014|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: import|

Five myths about the gender pay gap

A Pew report released in December seemed to bring good news: The pay gap is narrowing, and millennial women are nearly at parity with millennial men. Pew calculated that the median hourly wage for women was 84 percent of that for men in 2012, compared [...]

July 30, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

Sick? Now you can stay home.

Only about a quarter of food workers nationwide have paid sick leave, according to an analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research . So it’s perhaps not surprising that multiple surveys have found that more than half of food services workers say they’ve come [...]

July 30, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

Low Wage, Hispanic, and Immigrant Workers among the Least Likely to Have Paid Sick Days
Low Wage, Hispanic, and Immigrant Workers among the Least Likely to Have Paid Sick Days

Low Wage, Hispanic, and Immigrant Workers among the Least Likely to Have Paid Sick Days

New analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that access to paid sick days is unequally distributed across the U.S. population, with substantial differences by race and ethnicity, occupation, earnings levels, and work schedules. The study, using new data from the 2013 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), also reveals differences by sexual orientation, especially for men. IWPR found that only 56 percent of private sector workers had access to paid sick days, compared with 84 percent of public sector workers.

July 30, 2014|Categories: Press Releases|

Think Tank Awards 2014: The results

The Institute for Women’s Policy Research, headed by Heidi Hartmann, a MacArthur fellow and economist, continues to impress with its analysis of women’s pay, participation in the labour force, and social issues such as domestic violence. It has produced influential reports on low paid workers [...]

July 25, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

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With Much-Needed Job Growth in July, Men Have Recovered 94% of Jobs They Lost in Recession

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