By Bryce Covert As the world’s largest private-sector employer, Walmart “is kind of a billboard for what employment practices should or shouldn’t be,” says Ariane Hegewisch, program director of employment and earnings at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. But while it matters that it’s [...]

Geri Stengel Childcare helps employees, employers, children, and society. “There’s a multiplier effect,” said Ariane Hegewisch, program director of Employment and Earnings at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, and scholar-in-residence at American University. >>Read more  

Abigail Hess And this gap isn't changing very quickly. According to the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR), if the pay gap continues to narrow at the same pace it has over the past 50 years, women will not reach pay parity until 2059. For women of color this [...]

Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY A survey of 253 employers affected by California’s paid family leave found over 90% reported either no effect or a positive effect on productivity, profitability, turnover and morale. Research also suggests expanding paid leave would reduce public assistance spending, according to [...]

Emma Kerr Coupled with rising tuition costs, enrolling as a single mother can be intimidating, but Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, study director at the Institute for Women's Policy Research, says these parent learners are more than capable of academic success with the right support. >>Read more

Casey Quinlan The gender pay gap, which has been well-established by researchers over decades, continues to set back women’s economic progress, with women making only 80.5 centsfor every dollar earned by men in 2017, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Latina women earned 53% of white [...]