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

In Conversation with Lee Badgett

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TOPICS: Gender, Pay Equity
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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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Vision 2020

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

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Gender wage inequality

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

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Women’s History Month: Systemic gender discrimination continues to harm working women amid the coronavirus recession

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Four ways to understand the pay divide facing Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander women

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Expert Focus: Diversifying the economics profession

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Coronavirus Recession

Jobs report: Coronavirus recession hits workers in low-wage service industries who need access to the social safety net and effective labor protection enforcement

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The wage divide for Black and Latinx workers goes deeper than a ‘skills gap’ or requiring more credentials

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Boosting Wages

Addressing gender and racial disparities in the U.S. labor market to boost wages and power innovation

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Coronavirus Recession

U.S. retail sector’s recession experiences highlight continuing labor market travails

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Public investments in education can spur equitable growth, pay for themselves, and create jobs for a stronger economic recovery

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Coronavirus Recession

What the coronavirus recession means for U.S. public-sector employment

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Wage discrimination and the exploitation of workers in the U.S. labor market

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Labor Day: Labor standards and institutional support for collective action are essential for an equitable U.S. economy

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