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Women Still Especially Vulnerable, Five Years After Katrina
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View Fact Sheet 1: Women in New Orleans: Race, Poverty, and Hurricane Katrina
View Fact Sheet 2: Mounting Losses: Women and Public Housing after Hurricane Katrina
View Fact Sheet 3: Women, Disasters, and Hurricane Katrina
August 2010

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The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days

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Testimony of Robert Drago, Ph.D., Delivered before the Labor Relations Committee of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
August 2010
The Importance of Social Security Benefits to Women
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Testimony of Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D., Submitted to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
June 2010
Child Care Support for Student Parents in Community College Is Crucial to Success, but Supply and Funding Are Inadequate
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Fact Sheet
Kevin Miller, Ph.D.
June 2010
Focus on Morocco Topic Briefs from the Status of Women in the Middle East and North Africa project
Project Overview & Respondent Demographics
Civic and Political Participation
Educational Attainment and Career Aspirations
Freedom of Movement, Freedom from Harassment & Violence
Health Care Access
Paid Work and Control of Earnings & Assets
Opinions on the Family Law and Gender Quotas
Social Attitudes Toward Women
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Produced in partnership with IFES
June 2010
More Men to Benefit from Expanded Coverage Under Health Care Reform
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Fact Sheet
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Heidi Hartmann, PH.D., and Ashley English with John Schmitt, Ph.D., and Hye Jin Rho at the Center for Economic and Policy Research
June 2010
Supportive Services for the Elderly and People with Disabilities: A California Case Study
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Press Release
Candace Howes, Ph.D., Connecticut College
Published with PHI
May 2010

Social and Economic Status of Latina Immigrants in Phoenix
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Fact Sheet
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Frances Zlotnick
May 2010

Paid Sick Days Can Help Contain Health Care Costs
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Fact Sheet
Kevin Miller, Ph.D.
April 2010

Research with Women after Hurricane Katrina informs IWPR Letter on the S.1619 Livable Communities Act 2009
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Letter
Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D.
April 2010

The Gender Wage Gap By Occupation
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Ariane Hegewisch and Hannah Liepmann
Updated April 2010

Valuing Good Health in Connecticut: The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days
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Kevin Miller, Ph.D., and Claudia Williams
April 2010

Are Women Now Half the Labor Force? The Truth about Women and Equal Participation in the Labor Force
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Briefing Paper
Ashley English, Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D., and Jeff Hayes, Ph.D.
April 2010
Memorandum: Possible Amendments to L.D. 1665, An Act to Prevent the Spread of H1N1
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Memorandum of Kevin Miller, Ph.D., Submitted to the Joint Standing Committee on Labor of the 124th Maine State Legislature
March 2010
The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days in Illinois
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Testimony of Kevin Miller, Ph.D., Submitted to the House Labor Committee of the 96th General Assembly of Illinois
March 2010

Women and Social Security: Benefit Types and Eligibility
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Briefing Paper
Ashley English and Sunhwa Lee, Ph.D.
March 2010

Who are Social Security Beneficiaries?
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Fact Sheet
Ashley English and Sunhwa Lee, Ph.D.
March 2010
Social Security: Vital to Retirement Security for 35 Million Women and Men
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Briefing Paper
Jeff Hayes, Ph.D., Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D., and Sunhwa Lee, Ph.D.
March 2010
The Gender Wage Gap: 2009
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Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D., Ariane Hegewisch, Hannah Liepmann, and Claudia Williams
Updated March 2010

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"What Do Alan Simpson and Larry Summers Have in Common?"
August 27, 2010

Read Dr. Heidi Hartmann's blog post on IWPR's FemChat here

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"The Benefits of Paid Sick Days Are Understated"

August 9, 2010

Read Dr. Robert Drago's article here
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Senate Committee Passes the Livable Communities Act
August 5, 2010

Read more about the LCA here
Read Dr. Hartmann's Letter to Committee Chair here
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Raising the Retirement Age is Dangerous

August 5, 2010

Read the National Council of Women's Organizations' Paper here
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Women's Media Center Prudential SheSource Luncheon
July 27, 2010

Watch footage of a panel discussion featuring Dr. Heidi Hartmann here
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Challenges and Opportunities For Women Candidates in 2010
July 2010

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Women’s Economic Security in the Labor Market and in Retirement
July 11, 2010

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