6 Things Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler Missed about the Gender Wage Gap
by Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D., Barbara Gault, Ph.D., and Ariane Hegewisch [...]
Equal Pay for Women and a Higher Minimum Wage Will Move the Economy Forward
by Heidi Hartmann This post originally appeared on Working Economics, [...]
Pay Secrecy and Wage Discrimination
About half of all workers (51 percent of women and 47 percent of men) report that the discussion of wage and salary information is either discouraged or prohibited and/or could lead to punishment.
Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap: A Job Half Done
This report was prepared by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) as a part of a series of Scholars’ Papers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of American Women: Report of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, 1963.
How Equal Pay for Working Women would Reduce Poverty and Grow the American Economy
Persistent earnings inequality for working women translates into lower pay, less family income, and more poverty in families with a working woman, which is of no small consequence to working families.
Gender Wage Gap Projected to Close in Year 2058: Most Women Working Today Will Not See Equal Pay during their Working Lives
Gender Wage Gap Projected to Close in Year 2058: Most Women Working Today Will Not See Equal Pay during their Working Lives
Shining a Light on the Wage Gap
Fifty years after the Equal Pay Act, employment discrimination persists [...]
Obama is Right About His Wage Gap Statistics
By Heidi Hartmann Despite recent criticism from "The Fact Checker" [...]
The Wage Gap: Myths vs. Realities
By Heidi Hartmann We owe a debt of gratitude to [...]
Gender Segregation in Fields of Study at Community Colleges and Implications for Future Earnings
DOWNLOAD REPORT Postsecondary education yields myriad benefits, including [...]
