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New Study: Men Earn More Than Women Within Nearly All the Most Common Occupations

Tuesday, April 17 is Equal Pay Day, a day to mark the fact that women still only earn 77 percent for each dollar earned annually by men and 82 percent of each dollar earned weekly. A new fact sheet released today by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) shows that the gender wage gap is a common feature of women’s working lives in nearly all of the most common occupations for women and men.

April 17, 2012|Categories: Press Releases|

Can 'Caring Across Generations' Change the World?

"C AG Steering Committee member Heidi Hartmann, of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, notes, “Women are always the pioneers, going into new things that no one wants to do. Those are the jobs they can get. That’s also where the economy is going.” But [...]

April 12, 2012|Categories: Press Hits|