The good news: older widows’ poverty rates are declining. The bad news: other single women don’t have such a rosy picture.
Category: Stylized Fact #2 — Stalled Women
The April 2020 Unemployment Report is Bad. And Unequal.
The unemployment report from April highlights just how severe this crisis is. The report also illustrates just how unequal it is.
Addressing the Gender Pay Gap
Would paid leave or preschool for all do a better job of closing the gender wage gap? The answer may surprise you.
Gender Discrimination and the Pay Gap
One would hope discrimination is a thing of the past. But, it still exists and it seems to target mothers.
The Cost of Caregiving
Women are more likely to serve as caregivers than men…and it costs them.
The Closing Education Gap
Women have probably always been smarter than men. But now they’re more educated too, helping to explain some of the closing wage gap.
The Rise of Women in the Labor Force
Women are more likely to work today than in the 1970s. Technology, changing attitudes, and men actually helping around the house all play a role.
The Fall and the Stall
How middle-income workers have seen their incomes fall, while women have seen their progress stall.