Access to Good Jobs

Stronger Together: Union Membership Boosts Women’s Earnings and Economic Security

In every state, unionized women out earn women in non-union jobs—an essential wage advantage that would increase women’s economic security following the pandemic-induced “she-cession.” This brief shares insights on the ways unions narrow gender wage gaps and improve economic security for all women.

By Chuxuan SunAcadia Hall and Elyse Shaw|2025-01-27T19:24:06-05:00September 1, 2021|Equitable Work and Wages|0 Comments

Geographic Mobility, Gender, and the Future of Work

Geographically, economic opportunity is unequally distributed across the United States. A disproportionate share of all private-sector jobs—one in five—are located in just four metropolitan areas: New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle.

By Chandra ChildersAriane HegewischTanima Ahmed and Amy Burnett Cross|2025-01-27T19:24:14-05:00December 19, 2019|Equitable Work and Wages|Comments Off on Geographic Mobility, Gender, and the Future of Work

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

Greater access to apprenticeships in the skilled trades can help women achieve economic security and fill predicted skills shortages in construction. The construction trades provide good careers with family sustaining earnings.

By Ariane Hegewisch and Tanima Ahmed|2025-01-27T19:24:14-05:00November 14, 2019|Equitable Work and Wages|Comments Off on Growing the Numbers of Women in the Trades: Building Equity and Inclusion through Pre-Apprenticeship Programs

A Woman-Centered Economic Agenda: 8 Policies that Boost the Economy and Work for Everyone

This fact sheet outlines eight key policy priorities that are critical for increasing women’s economic opportunities and securing their futures.

By Elyse Shaw and Heidi Hartmann|2025-01-27T20:44:56-05:00June 20, 2019|Caregiving and Families|Comments Off on A Woman-Centered Economic Agenda: 8 Policies that Boost the Economy and Work for Everyone

Women, Automation, and the Future of Work (Executive Summary)

According to Women, Automation, and the Future of Work, an Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) report, technological change will affect men and women differently in a number of ways. The first study of its kind in the United States, this report estimates the risk of automation across occupations by gender and presents a comprehensive picture of what we know—and what we don’t—about how the future of work will affect women workers.

Digitalization, Automation, and Older Black Women: Ensuring Equity in the Future of Work

Despite their high labor force participation, Black women have historically been concentrated in a small number of occupations with low pay and poor working conditions.

By Chandra Childers|2025-01-27T19:24:16-05:00May 8, 2019|Equitable Work and Wages|Comments Off on Digitalization, Automation, and Older Black Women: Ensuring Equity in the Future of Work