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Equal Pay Day: Examining the Gender Wage Gap
A quick round-up of resources on the gender wage gap.
Young Adults After the Recession: Fewer Homes, Fewer Cars, Less Debt
The share of younger households holding any debt dropped to 78 percent, the lowest level since the federal government began collecting related data in 1983.
Youth and Work: Restoring Teen and Young Adult Connections to Opportunity
Nearly 6.5 million U.S. teens and young adults are neither in school nor in the workforce. The latest KIDS COUNT policy report provides new national and state data on this population and examines the best policies to provide multiple pathways to opportunity for disconnected young people.
Who Cares for the Sick Kids? Parents’ Access to Paid Time to Care for a Sick Child
The study finds that lower-earning parents had the least access to sick days and mothers were more likely than fathers to miss work to care for sick children.
Young, Underemployed and Optimistic
The report finds that young adults remain optimistic about their futures despite the fact that the poor economy is affecting their daily lives and altering their long-term plans.
Opportunity Road: the promise and challenge of America’s forgotten youth
The report examines youth who are detached from school and work and highlights programs that successfully reconnect them to society.
Helping Disadvantaged Men
The Brookings Institution hosts an event that examines the challenges young disadvantaged males face and highlights programs that have positively affected their education and employment outcomes.
Changing Families, Changing Workplaces
Over the past 50 years, U.S. families and workplaces have changed dramatically. The report tracks these changes and conveys how they pose different challenges for families at different points along the income distribution.
First Year Maternal Employment and Child Development
The study finds that maternal employment during a child's first year has a neutral effect on a child's intellectual, physical and emotional development.
The New Dad: Exploring Fatherhood within a Career Context
The study explores first-time fathers' feelings about parenting and their careers.
Working Parents and Workplace Flexibility in New Hampshire
The report examines how New Hampshire’s working parents negotiate the competing challenges of work and family.
The New Demography of American Motherhood
The report finds that today's new mothers are older, better educated and more likely to be single than their counterparts two decades ago.
Families Can’t Afford the Gender Wage Gap
Women’s earnings are increasingly critical to their families’ financial stability, yet women still earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men.
Reinforcing Separate Spheres: The Effect of Spousal Overwork on Men’s and Women’s Employment in Dual-Earner Households
The study finds that working women with husbands who work 50 hours or more a week are more likely to quit their jobs in order to take care of domestic duties.
Advancing the Economic Security of Unmarried Women: Overview of Laws and Legislation in the 111th Congress
The report reviews and suggests policies to improve the economic state of unmarried women.
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