And whatever “Work It!” suggests to the contrary, women still don’t outnumber men in the workplace. They currently account for 49.4 percent of the payrolled workforce , up from approximately 45 percent before the recession hit, and these numbers only account for the salaried, civilian, [...]

IWPR President Heidi Hartmann appears on Comcast Newsmakers to discuss Family-friendly policies https://youtu.be/2GPifRElaCQ

IWPR Senior Research Associate Kevin Miller discusses Child Care in the United States on C-SPAN. Watch>>

The Great Recession was hell on everybody, but it was a particularly hellish time for men. The housing collapse and financial crisis tag-teamed to gut industries like construction and manufacturing that had been traditional bastions of male employment for decades. Women reached nearly 50% of [...]