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• Wage gap expected to last 45 years

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  April 8, 2013

  The wage gap among male and female workers is expected to last until 2057.

• Women gaining job growth momentum

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  August 14, 2012

  Although men have experienced quicker job growth than women during the recovery, women's job growth moved along faster in the third year, according to a new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research of employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

• Men earn higher salaries than women for most common occupations

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  April 17, 2012

  There is a gender wage gap between women and women in almost every common occupation, according to a new Institute for Women's Policy Research fact sheet.

• Study: Paid sick days would save $1 billion in health care

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  November 15, 2011

  If all employees had access to paid sick days, it could save $1 billion in yearly medical costs, according to a report released by the Institute for Women's Policy Research.

• Job gap between men and women gets a little smaller

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  November 7, 2011

  Of the 80,000 jobs added this month, women gained 66,000 of those as well as 136,000 jobs in August and September, compared to men's gain of 126,000 during that time period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ most recent data.

• Women’s job growth lags in slow economy

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  July 20, 2011

  Although men have lost more jobs than women over a longer timeframe, they have gained slightly more jobs than women, who are still struggling, according to new research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

• Gender wage gap apparent in more than 100 occupations

  By Jenny Ivy  |  April 12, 2011

  Even on Equal Pay Day, the wage gap highlights the need for greater gender fairness.