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Why Elizabeth Warren’s student debt plan is a big deal for women

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 [...]

April 23, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|

Women Will Face Disproportionately Negative Consequences from AI

Michelle Chen The first-ever study to map the labor consequences of AI for women, published by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), is a reminder of the intractable stubbornness of gender inequality, despite, or increasingly, because of, the direction of our digital future. >>Read more

April 12, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|

Here’s how Colorado Democrats aim to close the gender pay gap, starting with more wage transparency

By Tamara Chuang @gadgetress According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, the pay gap between male and female workers in Colorado has narrowed in the past 15 years. But women working full time year-round still earn less than their male counterparts — about 86 cents for every dollar [...]

April 3, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|

The Careers With the Worst — and Best — Pay Gaps for Women

By Corynne Cirilli  Financial Manager is ranked as the career with the second largest wage disparity, with women’s pay hovering at 65 percent of what men make. So women are entering the financial sector in greater numbers, but they aren’t being paid what men are. Forbes reports that while 46 percent [...]

April 2, 2019|Categories: Press Hits|