The Alliance For Women

Employment and Earnings

• Off-Ramps and On-Roads: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success

  The Center for Work Life Policy formed a multi-year Hidden Brain Drain task force in 2004 to answer questions about the number of women professionals who elect to leave the workforce (take an off ...

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• Blacks, Asians earn more than white females

  Based on census data, black and Asian women with bachelors degrees earn slightly more that similarly educated white women nationally. White men with four-year degrees make more than any other ...

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• Back in the Game: Women's Stories and Strategies for Returning to Business after a Hiatus

  In recent years, media has focused o­n the exodus of educated women from the workforce. This study focused o­n what happens when these women attempt to return to the workplace and what can be done ...

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• Chutes and Ladders: The Search for Solid Ground for Women in the Workforce

  Since 1994, the number of displaced homemakers and single mothers has increased by 44%. They continue to face employment challenges. They still have limited access to education and job training, ...

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• The Gender Gap in Pension Coverage: Women Working Full-Time are Catching up, but Part time Workers have been Left Behind

  Women are participating in pension plans in greater numbers than ever before. IWPR found that 60% of full-time female workers participate in a pension plan compared with 62% of full-time male workers.

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• The Gender Gap: Women are Still Missing as Sources for Journalists

  According to this recent study, whether in newspapers, o­n Web or TV, women as people of authoritative views o­n the world are neither seen nor heard.

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• 2006 Economic Impact Study

  2006 Economic Impact Study

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• Connections that Count: The Informal Networks of Women of Color in the United States

  Women of color use differing strategies to network informally and these strategies are linked to their promotion and organizational commitment, according to a study released by Catalyst, the ...

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• The Economic Status of Women in SC - 2008 Report

  For the the full study from IWPR...

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• South Carolina 47th in earnings gap between men and women in US

  The April 2007 American Association of University Women (AAUW) research report, Behind the Pay Gap, highlights the magnitude of the salary gap in South Carolina. Nationally, a dramatic pay gap ...

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