1. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, February 23 – March 8, 2013
(Matching tags: poverty, jobs, labor market, inequality, unemployment, paid sick days, women, employment)

The following is a collection of the latest labor market policy research reports: Center for Economic and Policy Research The Human Capital Dimensions of Sustainable Investment: What Investment Analysts ...

2. Gender, Debt, and Dropping Out
(Matching tags: labor market, education, college, women, employment, work, men, college degree, high school degree)

... Conundrum: Why the Benefits of a College Education May Not Be So Clear, Especially to Men” (pdf). We argued there that one reason why men may be falling behind women in college completion is that men have ...

3. 'Choosing' to Work Part-Time
(Matching tags: labor market, women, part-time employment, gender inequality)

As we noted in an earlier post, the overall rate of part-time employment has not moved much over the past four decades. Another thing that has remained fairly constant over this time is that women work ...

4. New Report Finds Economic Insecurity Increasingly Puts Haitian Girls at Risk of Violence
(Matching tags: idps, GBV, women)

... the landscape of sexual violence in post-quake Haiti: Progress, Challenges & Emerging Trends 2010-2012,” was released by the organizations Poto Fanm-Fi (Women and Girls Pillar) and Poto Fi, and is based ...

5. Daily Headlines - November 14, 2012
(Matching tags: cuba, inequality, latin america, middle class, women, ecuador)

... and reducing inequality.” The wage gap between men and women in Latin America is decreasing according to a study by the Inter-American Development Bank, reports Univision. Despite obtaining more education ...

6. Nanny State Conservatives Protect Drug Company Profits: Infant Formula Edition
(Matching tags: romney, women, breastfeeding, nanny state, infant formula, WIC)

... in sales. The infant formula industry is massively subsidized through the Women, Infant, Children (WIC) program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that 57-68 percent of all infant formula sold ...

7. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, October 6 – 12, 2012
(Matching tags: economy, labor market, education, women)

... Ethan Pollack  Employment Policy Research Network The Missing Link in School Reform Carrie R. Leana Institute for Women’s Policy Research The Status of Women in North Carolina  ...

8. Labor Market Policy Research Reports August 17 – 24, 2012
(Matching tags: jobs, labor market, education, minimum wage, China, women, trade deficit)

... Million Jobs Between 2001 and 2011, With Job Losses in Every State Robert E. Scott A Massachusetts Minimum-Wage Increase Would Help Working Families and Generate Jobs Mary Gable Institute for Women’s ...

9. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, July 7 – 13, 2012
(Matching tags: jobs, labor market, inequality, unemployment, women)

...  National Employment Law Project Report: Lessons Left Unlearned: Unemployment Insurance Financing After the Great Recession Mike Evangelist National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): Third Anniversary ...