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Title: Fast Facts Economic Security for Women and Families in Tennessee
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Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: Women and families in Tennessee currently face obstacles to achieving economic and health security. Lawmakers in Tennessee should prioritize policies that implement higher, livable wages; ensure that women can receive equal pay for equal work; and reduce barriers to reproductive health care. These policies will allow parents to maintain good jobs that enable them to work, raise their children, and lead healthy lives. Women need policies that reflect their roles as providers and caregivers. In Tennessee, mothers are the sole, primary, or co-breadwinners in 63.2 percent of families, and these numbers are higher for some women of color. 1 The following policy recommendations can help support the economic security of women and families in Tennessee. Promote equal pay for equal work Although federal law prohibits unequal pay for equal work, there is more that can be done to ensure that both women and men across Tennessee enjoy the fullest protec-tions against discrimination. • Tennessee women who are full-time, year-round workers earned about 82 cents for every dollar that Tennessee men earned in 2017; 2 if the wage gap continues to close at its current rate, women will not reach parity in the state until 2054. 3 The wage gap is even larger for black women and Latinas in Tennessee, who earned 67.6 cents and 53.3 cents, respectively, for every dollar that white men earned in 2016. 4 • Due to the gender wage gap, each woman in Tennessee will lose an average of $309,800 over the course of her lifetime. 5
Url: https://cdn.americanprogress.org/content/uploads/2018/10/19061900/EconSecurity-TN-factsheet1.pdf
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Authors: Phadke, Shilpa; Boesch, Diana; Ellmann, Nora
Publisher: Center for American Progress
Data Collections: IPUMS CPS
Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other
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