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Title: Fast Facts Economic Security for Women and Families in Wisconsin
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Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: Wisconsin lawmakers must pave the way to economic security for women and families. Rather than supporting policies that undermine economic security and restrict access to reproductive health care, 1 policymakers should promote policies that ensure equal pay for equal work, raise the minimum wage, and allow parents to maintain good jobs and support their children. Women need policies that reflect their roles as providers and caregivers. In Wisconsin, mothers are the sole, primary, or co-breadwinners in 76.2 percent of families, and these numbers are higher for some women of color. 2 The following policy recommendations can help support the economic security of women and families in Wisconsin. 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 Wisconsin enjoy the fullest protec-tions against discrimination. • Wisconsin women who are full-time, year-round workers earned about 80 cents for every dollar that Wisconsin men earned in 2017; 3 if the wage gap continues to close at its current rate, women will not reach parity in the state until 2067. 4 The wage gap is even larger for black women and Latinas in Wisconsin, who earned 61 cents and 52.8 cents, respectively, for every dollar that white men earned in 2016. 5 • Due to the gender wage gap, each woman in Wisconsin will lose an average of $438,360 over the course of her lifetime. 6
Url: https://cdn.americanprogress.org/content/uploads/2018/10/19062102/EconSecurity-WI-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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