Topic Gender

Women’s dual role as workers, investors, and owners in the U.S. economy and as primary caretakers within most families constrains their opportunities and imposes barriers on sharing the gains of economic growth. The gender wage gap and occupational segregation by gender remain consistent features of the economy. Equitable Growth digs deep to analyze the ways gender impacts economic outcomes and what solutions can begin to push back on the social forces that impede economic success regardless of one’s gender.

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Factsheet: What the research says about the economic impacts of reproductive care

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In Conversation with Lee Badgett

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Beauty products for women of color and femme-identifying people of color perpetuate U.S. health and other socioeconomic inequalities

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African American men and the U.S. labor market during recessions and economic recoveries

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The economic imperative of enacting paid family leave across the United States

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Gender wage inequality

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Inequality in Health Returns to Local Labor Markets: Extraction Booms and Mortality among Native Americans

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LGBTQ+ Economic Data and Disparities: What We Still Need to Know

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Socioeconomic Diversity of Economics PhDs

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New U.S. Census Bureau data show significant economic disparities among the LGBTQ+ community

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Expert Focus: The economic impacts of access to abortion and contraception

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Factsheet: What the research says about the economic impacts of reproductive care

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In Conversation with Lee Badgett

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Developing a research agenda on racial and gender equity in the pandemic-era U.S. labor market

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Equitable Growth to welcome visiting scholars as part of two American Economic Association summer programs

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Testimony by Michelle Holder before the Joint Economic Committee on robust government investments

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Expert Focus: Feminist economists studying women’s roles and contributions to the U.S. economy

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The American Rescue Plan helped U.S. families amid the coronavirus pandemic and provides a roadmap for policymakers today

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