“When you have more information, the economy works more efficiently, but we see information, because it’s valuable, is not evenly distributed… which is why EPI thinks strengthening collective bargaining rights is important,” said Jessica Schieder, a research assistant at the Economic Policy Institute. “That’s why you tend to see smaller wage gaps in unionized workplaces,” she said.
NBC News
April 11, 2018
“There are a lot of reasons why this gap remains,” Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, tells CNBC Make It, “and there is certainly room for some of that to be discrimination.” (Elise quoted throughout)
CNBC
April 11, 2018
Some may assume that some of the pay gap is due to white men having more education than other groups — but that’s not the case. Firstly, let’s remember that black women are now the most educated group in the entire country. And, even more than that, the Economic Policy Institute found that white men were paid more than black women of comparable education at every education level. It’s not about education or experience — it’s about bias.
Bustle
April 11, 2018
Recent controversy surrounding gender pay gaps has revealed that the phenomenon is still very much real. In Hollywood alone, women news anchors and some of the industry’s most prominent actresses have been paid millions of dollars less than their male counterparts. According to data from the Economic Policy Institute, women still make, on average, 22 percent less per hour than men — a statistic that Judge Judy seems to have had in mind when speaking with TMZ.
Yahoo Lifestyle
April 11, 2018
A 2017 report from the Economic Policy Institute states that “working women in unions are paid 94 cents, on average, for every dollar paid to unionized working men, compared with 78 cents on the dollar for non-union women as a share of nonunion men’s dollar.”
Brit + Co
April 11, 2018
According to the Economic Policy Institute, “Working women in unions are paid 94 cents, on average, for every dollar paid to unionized working men, compared with 78 cents on the dollar for nonunion women as a share of nonunion men’s dollar.”
AFSCME
April 11, 2018
A report released this week by the Economic Policy Institute takes a look at some of those criticisms. It acknowledges that there are different ways to measure the gap in wages between men and women, ways that show the gap either growing or shrinking depending on what demographics you are looking at. However, it says it’s a mistake to look at these different ways of measuring and assume the overall data is unreliable. (whole story)
The Times-Picayune
April 11, 2018
Black women earn $0.63 for every dollar that white men earn, while white woman earn $0.79 per every dollar a white man earns. According to Voice of America, the wage gap is slightly worse this year than last year. “There are a lot of reasons why this gap remains,” noted Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, “And there is certainly room for some of that to be discrimination.”
Blavity
April 11, 2018
See how much you could be earning as a working woman in a more equal society by using the Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI) gender pay calculator. (calculator embedded)
Black Enterprise
April 11, 2018
1/ While the women in the US made 82 cents to every dollar men made last year, the discrepancy in pay is actually much larger for women of color. According to the Economic policy institute, black women are paid about 65% of what white men are paid and Hispanic women less than 60%. The gender wage gap is smallest between white men and Asian women, who still make $2.27 less per hour than white men.
Global Citizens
April 11, 2018