Economic Policy: Gender Wage Gap and the
Feminization of Poverty Policy Brief Economic Policy: Gender Wage Gap and the Feminization of Poverty Policy Brief
The Issue and Background: Gender Wage Gap and the Feminization of PovertyCurrently, the ratio of female/male earnings, women populated industry and occupational sectors, women’s commercial ownership, and the status of women’s poverty remain vital characteristics of their economic status in America in the 21st century. Despite statistics showing gains among American women in all these areas in preceding decades, women are the lowest wage earners, they continue lagging in owning their own businesses while they remain more likely living in poverty than males across the nation. Women in the United States Continue reading...