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 [...]

Across the US, female full-time, year-round workers were paid 82 cents for every dollar earned by a man, which is a gender pay gap of 18%, according to the Institute for Women's Policy Research. And that may be underestimating the pay gap because when looking [...]

By Caitlin Cruz Women held 50.04 percent of jobs in December, with 109,000 more women holding jobs than men, according to the data. Some professions that have historically been considered “women’s work” have seen growth, while the number of jobs in some male-dominated sectors declined. [...]