You’ve probably heard the stats that women tend to earn roughly 80 cents on the dollar compared to their male counterparts. In Oregon, women earn an estimated 79 cents to the dollar, placing the state 27th out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. For Latinas and black women, that gap is even […]
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She Works Hard for the Money
Wage inequality persists despite women’s gains
While most people think of April 14 as the 11th hour of income tax preparation, for half the population it has a different kind of economic significance. It’s the point in the year—combined with the previous 12 months—at which women will have finally earned as much as men did in the previous calendar year. Dubbed […]
