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Title: Women Working Ahead: An Economic Opportunity Agenda for Georgia Women
Citation Type: Miscellaneous
Publication Year: 2016
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Abstract: The economic status of women in Georgia is a key factor in the overall health and future of the state’s economy. Women represent a majority of Georgia’s adult population1 and nearly half of the workforce. 2 In more than half of all Georgia households with children, women are primary or co-breadwinners.3 Despite their importance, women face a host of barriers keeping them, and Georgia’s economy, from reaching their full potential. Women working full-time in Georgia earn, on average, 70 cents for every dollar white men earn.4 The gender wage gap is even wider once part-time workers are taken into account. Georgia stands to gain a lot by removing these barriers to equal earnings for working women and their families. The state’s economy could add a staggering $14.4 billion if all working women in Georgia earned the same amount as men living in similar population areas, of the same age, education level and working the same number of hours. 5 Even more money could be added to Georgia’s economy if women who are now not working got more support, including child care and health care, which can allow them to rejoin the workforce or work more hours. . . .
Url: http://www.workingpoorfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Econ-Opp-agend-1.pdf
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Authors: Johnson, Melissa
Publisher: Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other
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