Economy Sep 10 Inflation-adjusted incomes hit pre-pandemic levels in 2023, offsetting some inflation pressure By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
Nation Jul 30 Income gap between white and Black Americans narrower for millennials than Gen X, study finds The income gap between white and Black young adults was narrower for millennials than it was for Generation X. By Mike Schneider, Associated Press
Economy Dec 09 Watch 7:33 Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin’s takeaways from her research on women and work This year’s Nobel laureates are set to receive their medals Sunday in a time-honored ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. Among them will be Harvard professor Claudia Goldin, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics for her research on women in the… By Paul Solman, Dorothy Hastings, Juliet Fuisz
Economy Jun 16 On LGBTQ+ Equal Pay Day, the U.S. still doesn’t know the size of the wage gap The United States has never captured how many cents on the white male dollar LGBTQ+ people earn on average, a decision that has prevented meaningful policy to address disparities. By Chabeli Carrazana, The 19th
Economy May 28 CEO pay rises to $12.7 million even as pandemic ravages economy The median pay package for a CEO at an S&P 500 company hit $12.7 million in 2020, according to data analyzed by Equilar for The Associated Press. By Stan Choe, Associated Press
Nov 03 Watch 4:00 Half of female executives have faced workplace harassment By PBS News Hour An annual survey of more than 64,000 workers across nearly 300 companies on issues about gender gaps recently found that one third of women overall and more than half of women in senior roles have been harassed in their careers. Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 24:27 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode January 6, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Jan. 6, President Donald Trump fires back in response to a revealing book about his presidency and the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity is disbanded, but is the controversy over? Later, women and their… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 10:41 Boston trains women to negotiate in an effort to close the wage gap By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman Equal wage laws have been on the books in the U.S. since the 1960s, but women still earn about 80 cents for every dollar that men earn, with black and Hispanic women earning even less. While federal efforts to close… Continue watching
Sep 29 Analysis: Why women continue to make less than men By Francine D. Blau, Lawrence M. Kahn In 2016 women who worked year-round and full-time earned, on average, around 81 cents for every dollar earned by men. Though still substantial, the difference in women’s average earnings relative to men’s has narrowed considerably since the 1970s. Continue reading
Aug 28 Gender inequality is a $95 billion issue in sub-Saharan Africa By Daniel Moritz-Rabson Gender inequality costs sub-Saharan Africa an average of $95 billion each year according to an annual United Nations Development Programme report published Sunday. Continue reading