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Washington, DC 20036
202 785-5100
iwpr@iwpr.org
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Areas of expertise: Women and the Economy, Workforce Participation, Employment, Pay Equity, Retirement Security |  |
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Heidi Hartmann is the President of the Washington-based Institute for Women's Policy Research, a scientific research organization that she founded in 1987 to meet the need for women-centered, policy-oriented research. Dr. Hartmann is also a Research Professor at The George Washington University.Areas of expertise: women and the economy, workforce participation, employment, pay equity, retirement security Dr. Hartmann is a co-author of Still A Man’s Labor Market: The Long-Term Earnings Gap; Unnecessary Losses: Costs to Americans of the Lack of Family and Medical Leave; Equal Pay for Working Families; and Survival at the Bottom: The Income Packages of Low-Income Families with Children. She has published numerous articles in journals and books and her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. She lectures widely on women, economics, and public policy, frequently testifies before the U.S. Congress, and is often cited as an authority in various media outlets. Prior to founding IWPR, Dr. Hartmann was on the faculties of Rutgers University and the New School for Social Research and worked at the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences. In 1994, Dr. Hartmann was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship Award for her work in the field of women and economics. She is Vice-Chair of the National Council of Women’s Organizations and co-editor of the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy.
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Can Boomer Women Afford to Retire?
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The Impact of the Great Recession on Older Women and Men
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Retirement on the Edge: Women, Men, and Economic Insecurity After the Great Recession The Great Recession dramatically altered the lives of many Americans, creating pronounced economic stress and uncertainty for both individuals and families. Even after the recession was officially declared over, unemployment levels remained persistently high, while housing values remained notably low. These circumstances led the Institute forWomen’s Policy Research (IWPR) to develop and analyze the IWPR/Rockefeller Survey of Economic Security, which was administered to 2,746 adults aged 18 and older between September and November 2010. The sample for the survey was stratified to yield approximately equal numbers of white, black, and Hispanic respondents, with results weighted by American Community Survey data to reflect the non-institutional, adult population of the nation. The survey included a select number of questions from earlier surveys, such as the Rockefeller Foundation’s February 2007 AmericanWorkers Survey and the National Academy of Social Insurance/Rockefeller Survey of 2009. These questions were worded the same or in similarways in the current survey to allowfor comparison between respondents’ views in 2010 and in the previous studies.
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D500, Report, 68 pages
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The Union Advantage in Wireline Telecommunications for African-Americans, Hispanics, and Women
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Widows: Causes and Effects
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Figures Excerpted from the Report, Social Security Especially Vital to Women and People of Color, Men Increasingly Reliant
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Social Security: Especially Vital to Women and People of Color, Men Increasingly Reliant Social Security is the bedrock of retirement income for older Americans. IWPR analysis of the 2010 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) shows that Social Security remains the largest source of income for older Americans.
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#D494, Report, 22 pages,
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