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Poverty in America 2009 – Wage Parity
Wage parity between men and women in the United States is a matter of law. You cannot discriminate in wages and salaries solely on the basis of sex. Yet, in the many years since that became the law of the land, women’s wages have never reached 100% parity. There are many reason why that is. We are doing better, and the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual publication titled Income, Poverty and Health Insurance in the United States: … Read entire article »
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Poverty in America 2007 – Women
American women reached record wage parity with men in 2007. Women earned 77.8 cents for every dollar earned by men. Click on graph for larger image. Bill Clinton averaged a parity of 72.6% for his first seven years. George Bush has averaged 76.7%. Of Bush’s seven years in office, four set new, all-time highs for wage parity between the sexes. Previous in series Next in seriesTable of contents for Poverty in America 2008Poverty in America 2007Poverty in … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Economy, Analysis, Original writing, Poverty
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