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Access to Paid Sick Leave Would Save New Yorkers Nearly $30 Million in Public Health Costs
Access to Paid Sick Leave Would Save New Yorkers Nearly $30 Million in Public Health Costs

Access to Paid Sick Leave Would Save New Yorkers Nearly $30 Million in Public Health Costs

The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) has released a new fact sheet showing that universal access to paid sick days in New York City would reduce health care costs by $39.5 million annually, including $28.4 million in public health care dollars.

February 16, 2012|Categories: Press Releases|

Women With Low Literacy Suffer More Than Men: Study

"Analysis by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) found women at all levels of literacy tend to earn less than men, but it's at the lowest literacy levels that the wage gap between genders is most striking. Women with low literacy are twice as [...]

February 9, 2012|Categories: Press Hits|

Low Literacy Hurts Women’s Wages More Than Men’s

Analysis of National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) data by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) reveals that men with low literacy levels earn more than women with low literacy levels.

February 8, 2012|Categories: Press Releases|

Improved Job Growth in January for Both Women and Men

In January, women gained 95,000 jobs (almost 40 percent, above their share for the past year) and men gained 148,000.

February 3, 2012|Categories: Press Releases|

U.S. Economy Gains Steam as 200,000 Jobs Are Added

Maybe it is time to start calling the glass half full. Employers in the United States added 200,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday , a report that came on the heels of a flurry of heartening economic news and signaled gathering [...]

January 13, 2012|Categories: Press Hits|

Women Finally Seeing Signs of a Job Recovery

By Allison Linn The Great Recession of 2007-09 included job losses that were so much greater for men than for women that some dubbed it the “mancession.” But once the nation went into recovery – meaning the economy was expanding again, albeit slowly – men [...]

January 10, 2012|Categories: Press Hits|

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