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Sara Estep is the associate director of the Women’s Initiative at American Progress. She comes to American Progress from The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, where her research spanned a range of policy areas, with an emphasis on labor economics. She also worked on a variety of fiscal policy issues at the federal, state, and local levels in her previous roles at The Pew Charitable Trusts and American Progress. Estep’s work has been referenced in many major media outlets, including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” Her research has also appeared in the “Economic Report of the President.” Estep earned a Master of Arts in political economy from Georgetown University and the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in economics and a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Rhode Island.

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How Ohio’s Special Election Results Will Both Protect Abortion and Affect Maternal Mortality in the State Article
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How Ohio’s Special Election Results Will Both Protect Abortion and Affect Maternal Mortality in the State

Ohio’s Issue 1 ballot initiative to codify the legal status of abortion in the state constitution affects both abortion access and maternal mortality rates.

Women’s Financial Well-Being in 2022 Article
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Women’s Financial Well-Being in 2022

Disaggregating new Federal Reserve data by gender shows that women were less likely than men to be financially secure in 2022, and that women of color were particularly at risk.

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How Bidenomics Is Delivering for Women In the News

How Bidenomics Is Delivering for Women

In The Messenger, Rose Khattar and Sara Estep make the case for how the Biden administration's plan to grow the economy by growing the middle class is helping more women find jobs.

The Messenger

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Five Facts on Older Women in the Labor Market Fact Sheet
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Five Facts on Older Women in the Labor Market

Older women have made significant recoveries from their disproportionate labor force declines due to the pandemic and will become a larger share of the labor force in the coming decade, but there are many women in this age group who face barriers to enter and stay in the labor force.

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Taking Stock of Spending Through the Tax Code

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which gave the largest tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans, also failed to address the inefficiency, lack of fairness, and cost of many spending programs administered through the tax code.

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