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What Obama said about Women

Here's what he said and a brief look behind the assertions he made: Pay: "[Women] still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. That is wrong, and in 2014, it's an embarrassment. A woman deserves equal pay for equal work." Hard to argue [...]

January 30, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

Equal Pay for Working Women would Boost the Economy

On the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act—a bill that reinstated women’s ability to contest unlawful pay discrimination and was the first bill signed into law by President Obama—analysis from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that the poverty rate for working women would be cut in half if women were paid the same as comparable men, and that greater pay transparency would increase women’s pay.

January 29, 2014|Categories: Press Releases|

Why College Degrees Pay Off Big After 65

Having a college degree, along with the higher income that such a credential commands, generally increases your odds of retiring on time. Now, a new study shows that your degree is likely to keep giving you a financial edge even if you need, or choose, [...]

January 23, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|