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Widows: Causes and Effects

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Featured Publications

June 2019
Access to Higher Education, Student Parent Success Initiative

Making “Free College” Programs Work for College Students with Children

Tessa Holtzman, Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, M.A., Barbara Gault, Ph.D.

September 2018
Pay Equity & Discrimination

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

Ariane Hegewisch, M.Phil.

Popular Publications

February 2010

Retirement & Social Security

Women and Social Security: Benefit Types and Eligibility

Sunhwa Lee, Ashley English

April 2010

Immigration

Social and Economic Status of Latina Immigrants in Phoenix

Frances Zlotnick

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Nov 2019
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Automation & Future of Work

Gender Inequality, Work Hours, and the Future of Work

    Ariane Hegewisch, M.Phil., Valerie Lacarte, Ph.D.
Nov 2019
Briefing Paper,
Access to Good Jobs, Women in Unions, Workforce Development & Job Training

Growing the Numbers of Women in the Trades: Building Equity and Inclusion through Pre-Apprenticeship Programs

    Ariane Hegewisch, M.Phil., Tanima Ahmed
Nov 2019
Quick Figures,
Pay Equity & Discrimination

Women’s Median Earnings as a Percent of Men’s, 1985-2018 (Full-time, Year-Round Workers) with Projections for Pay Equity, by Race/Ethnicity

    Valerie Lacarte, Ph.D., Jeff Hayes, Ph.D.

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