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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Factsheet: What the research says about the economics of early care and education

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Economic security and opportunity for women under threat after U.S. Supreme Court takes anti-abortion stance in Texas

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How Exceptional is American Job Quality? Decent- and Poverty-Pay Rates by Age, Gender, and Education in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and France*

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Minimum Wages and Employment Composition

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The Impact of Paid Sick Leave Mandates on Women’s Employment, Income, and Economic Security

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Is COVID-19 Exacerbating Inequities in Subsidized Child Care?: Policy Lessons to Strengthen the Home-Based Sector

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NBER Summer Institute 2021 Round-up: Week 3

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What recent data-driven research can tell policymakers about Black Women’s Equal Pay Day

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The economic benefits of equal opportunity in the United States by ending racial, ethnic, and gender disparities

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The intersectional wage divides faced by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander women in the United States

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What the U.S. Census Household Pulse Survey reveals about the first year of the coronavirus recession, in six charts

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Expert Focus: Supporting women’s labor force participation to boost U.S. economic growth and recovery

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