Hispanic Women Are Among Those Women Who Saw the Largest Declines in Wages over the Last Decade
Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of data from [...]
5 Things to Know in Advance of Tonight’s Debate
In advance of tonight’s first presidential debate, IWPR helps you [...]
Native American Women Saw the Largest Declines in Wages over the Last Decade among All Women
Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of data from [...]
Black Women Are Among Those Who Saw the Largest Declines in Wages over the Last Decade
Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of data from the American Community Survey finds that between 2004 and 2014, Black women’s real median annual earnings for full-time, year-round work declined by 5.0 percent—more than three times as much as women’s earnings overall.
Segregation in Federally-Funded Job Training Programs Contributes to the Gender Wage Gap
by Cynthia Hess, Ph.D., and Asha DuMonthier Women and men [...]
The Economic Impact of Equal Pay by State
Persistent earnings inequality for working women translates into lower lifetime pay for women, less income for families, and higher rates of poverty across the United States. In each state in the country, women experience lower earnings and higher poverty rates than men.
IWPR Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of President Kennedy’s Commission on the Status of Women Report
by Jessica Milli, Ph.D. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of [...]
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 [...]
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.
