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, [...]

By Madeleine Deliee Workplace harassment isn't always about egregious wrongdoing, like the allegations reported during Harvey Weinstein’s reign of terror, but everyday abuses of power — the inappropriate touches, the comments, and the passive aggressive retaliation — that often go unchecked and almost unnoticed. These subtler transgressions have [...]

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta Because women tend to earn less than men, they have more of an economic incentive to give up their job and focus on work at home while the higher earner goes to work. But because they have so much to look after [...]

A new study has found that women put in more time than men when it comes to keeping their homes in order. Women in the United States spend two hours more each day cleaning, cooking, taking care of children and doing other unpaid work than [...]

by Lois Elfman Single mothers who earn an associate’s or bachelor’s degree earn more, pay more in taxes and require little if any public assistance according to a new study. A study from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) provides state-level analysis on the [...]