Women have made tremendous gains in education, employment and earnings in the past 50 years, but there is still a persistent gender pay gap. Even young working women continue to lag behind men. Among recent college graduates, full-time working women on average earn 82% of [...]

In 2011, men working full-time earned a median of $48,765. Women earned just $38,373. That difference of more than $10,000 only tells part of the story of the continuing gender wage gap in this country. Depending on the industry, men in some states earn as [...]

"According to economist Heidi Hartmann, President of the Washington-based Institute for Women’s Policy Research, if the gender wage gap were eliminated today, the stimulus effect would grow the U.S. economy by at least 3 to 4 percent. To put that in perspective, the $800 billion [...]

"Women are also benefiting from gains in education and health services in the private sector, Entmacher said, as well as professional and business services, which include temp jobs. For roughly every one job lost in the public sector, women have gained three in the private [...]

Raleigh, N.C. — Women in North Carolina have narrowed the gap with men in terms of wages and have made advances in obtaining higher education and in access to health care in recent years, according to a study released Thursday. The 2012 Status of Women [...]