AVAILABLE TO COMMENT: CAP Experts Available to Discuss Equal Pay Day, Policies to Combat the Gender Wage Gap
Washington, D.C. — The gender wage gap between full-time, year-round working men and women in 2013 remained virtually unchanged, with women earning 78 percent of what men make. This means that, although women are the primary, sole, or co-breadwinners in nearly two-thirds of families, dollar-for-dollar they continue to earn, on average, 22 percent less than their male counterparts, with Latinas and African American women experiencing the sharpest pay disparities compared with white men.
As advocates mark Equal Pay Day on Tuesday, April 14, the following Center for American Progress experts are available to discuss the economic and social causes and consequences of the gender wage gap, as well as policy solutions to help narrow the gender wage gap:
- Neera Tanden, President, Center for American Progress
- Shilpa Phadke, Senior Director, Women’s Initiative
- Jocelyn Frye, Senior Fellow
- Sarah Jane Glynn, Director, Women’s Economic Policy
- Bryce Covert, Economic Policy Editor, ThinkProgress at CAP Action
Last fall, CAP issued an analysis examining the gender wage gap and proposed seven key policies to combat the pay gap and promote economic security for women and their families. CAP’s key policy recommendations include raising the federal minimum wage; raising the tipped minimum wage; supporting fair scheduling practices; supporting pay transparency; investing in affordable, high-quality child care and early childhood education; passing paid sick days legislation; and passing a national paid family and medical leave insurance program.
Related resources:
- Explaining the Gender Wage Gap by Sarah Jane Glynn
- 7 Actions that Could Shrink the Gender Wage Gap by Sarah Jane Glynn, Milia Fisher, and Emily Baxter
- The Economic Importance of Women’s Rising Hours of Work by Eileen Appelbaum, Heather Boushey, and John Schmitt
- Breadwinning Mothers, Then and Now by Sarah Jane Glynn
For more information on this topic or to speak with an expert, contact Chelsea Kiene at ckiene@americanprogress.org or 202.478.5328.
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