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The Economic Status of Women in the U.S. What Has Changed in the Last 20 – 40 Years

Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D.

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March 29, 2018
Presentation, Civic & Political Engagement, Pay Equity & Discrimination, Poverty and the Social Safety Net, Racial & Ethnic Inequality, The Status of Women and Girls, Unemployment & the Economy
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Featured Publications

April 2018
Pay Equity & Discrimination, Racial & Ethnic Inequality

The Gender Wage Gap by Occupation 2017 and by Race and Ethnicity

Ariane Hegewisch, M.Phil., Emma Williams-Baron

March 2018
Pay Equity & Discrimination

The Gender Wage Gap: 2017 Earnings Differences by Race and Ethnicity

Ariane Hegewisch, M.Phil., Emma Williams-Baron

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Pay Equity & Discrimination

Separate and Not Equal? Gender Segregation in the Labor Market and the Gender Wage Gap

Ariane Hegewisch, M.Phil., Hannah Liepmann, Jeff Hayes, Ph.D., Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D.

January 2014

Family & Medical Leave

Paid Parental Leave in the United States: What the Data Tell Us about Access, Usage, and Economic and Health Benefits

Barbara Gault, Ph.D., Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D., Ariane Hegewisch, M.Phil., Jessica Milli, Ph.D., Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, M.A.

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Access to Good Jobs, Access to Higher Education, Child Care & Early Education, Civic & Political Engagement, Family & Medical Leave, Flexible Work & Fair-Scheduling, Health & Well-Being, Paid Sick Days, Pay Equity & Discrimination, Politics, Religion & Women's Public Vision, Poverty and the Social Safety Net, Racial & Ethnic Inequality, Reproductive Health & Rights, The Status of Women and Girls, Unemployment & the Economy, Violence & Safety, Women in Unions

The Status of Black Women in the United States

    Asha DuMonthier, Chandra Childers, Ph.D., Jessica Milli, Ph.D.
Mar 2017
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Civic & Political Engagement, Democracy and Society, The Status of Women and Girls

A Selection of US Government Actions to Advance Women

    Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D., Ashley English, Cynthia Harrison, Ph.D.
Feb 2016
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Child Care & Early Education, Civic & Political Engagement, Health & Well-Being, Poverty and the Social Safety Net, Racial & Ethnic Inequality, Reproductive Health & Rights, The Status of Women and Girls, Violence & Safety

The Status of Women in the South

    Julie Anderson, M.A., Elyse Shaw, M.A., Chandra Childers, Ph.D., Jessica Milli, Ph.D., Asha DuMonthier

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