Gender Wage Gap

New Research Shows Women Were Entering the Workforce in Record Numbers Before the “She-cession”—and that Economic Equality is a Policy Choice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 22, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber [...]

By Erin Weber|2021-06-21T14:04:51-05:00June 22, 2021|Press Releases|0 Comments

New IWPR Report on the Economic Impact of Equal Pay by State Shows Equal Pay Reduces Poverty for Working Women Across the Country in Every State

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 11, 2021 Contact: Erin Weber [...]

By Erin Weber|2021-05-11T08:01:44-05:00May 11, 2021|Press Releases|0 Comments

Despite Record Job Growth in March 2021, Gender Gap in Economic Recovery Widened

New March jobs data show that nearly one million (916,000) new payroll jobs were added, yet only one-third of these went to women (34.4 percent, or 315,000 payroll jobs). This marks an increased widening of the gender gap in recovery for a second month in a row. Women still need 4.6 million more jobs to get back to pre-COVID-19 levels, compared to men who need 3.8 million more jobs.