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Title: Assets for Equity: Building Wealth for Women in Central Ohio

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Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: This report examines the gender and racial wealth gaps in Central Ohio, focusing on the causes and extent of these gaps as well as on promising strategies for addressing them. Drawing on multiple data sources— including national data on wealth, local and state data on women’s employment and economic status, an online survey and focus groups, and interviews with policymakers and program leaders—the report analyzes how wealth accumulation differs between women and men and how it differs among women along racial and ethnic lines, examining the obstacles that prevent women from accumulating wealth. It builds on the Institute for Women’s Policy Research’s longstanding report series, The Status of Women in the States, which has provided data on the status of women nationally and for all 50 states plus the District of Columbia since 1996. The Status of Women in the States publications use data from U.S. government and other sources to analyze women’s status across multiple issue areas. These reports highlight women’s progress and its lack and encourage policy and programmatic changes that can improve women’s opportunities. This report was funded by The Women's Fund of Central Ohio with additional funding from the NoVo Foundation.

Url: https://iwpr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/R591_2019-Central-Ohio-Wealth-Gap-Report.pdf

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Authors: Shaw, Elyse; Cynthia, Hess; Childers, Chandra; Hayes, Jeff; Tesfaselassie, Adiam

Publisher: Institute for Women's Policy Research

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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