By Leilani Carver-Madalon, Opinion Contributor Let’s begin with the persisting pay gap. You may have heard that women, in general, earn 80 cents for every dollar earned by men, but there are problems with this widely cited figure. First, it doesn’t account for the experience [...]

BY ALANA SEMUELS “We hear politicians talk about the loss of factories and manufacturing and mining, but there has not been the same level of outcry around the loss of retail jobs,” says Nicole Mason, the president of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a think [...]

By Caroline Fairchild Just the same, discrimination remains the biggest barrier between women and equitable pay. Some studies purport that as much as 38% of the pay gap can be attributed to pure discrimination. And at the current rate, the gender wage gap will not go away until [...]

By Laurie Monsebraaten Medical studies "consistently" show people with no sick leave are more likely to go to work and expose others to infection, she noted. Research also shows that if these workers have children who are sick, they have no choice but to send them [...]

By MIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN The Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a Washington, D.C., think tank, calculates that single mothers who earn bachelor’s degrees pay $220,000 in additional taxes over their lifetimes compared with single mothers with just a high school diploma. Associate’s degree owners contribute $71,400 more, [...]