Take two minutes to invest in the future of public media by starting a recurring gift to Marketplace. 🎁 🔁 Donate Today!

Here's what the wage gap looks like

Mar 8, 2017
Black women get paid 65 cents for every dollar non-Hispanic white men get paid, while Hispanic women earn 59 cents.
Women march behind a banner as they join other women's rights advocates at an International Women's Day march in downtown Los Angeles, California back in 2015.
MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images

Start teaching your kids how to manage their money

Feb 10, 2017
Author Beth Kobliner gives us tips on how to handle the topic.
iStockphoto

Study: Single women less likely to default on mortgages

Sep 8, 2016
But on average, they pay more for their loans.
Single women pay more for mortgages on average.
Visual Hunt

Blurring the gender lines in fashion

Aug 4, 2016
More mainstream retailers are showcasing gender neutral clothing
Model Rain Dove, seen here posing for a portrait in London on February 23, 2016, in both male and female fashion shows. 
JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images

Massachusetts passes law to combat unequal pay

Aug 3, 2016
Employers will be barred from asking a simple question that can mean lower salaries for women and minorities.
The answer to a question about your past salary can mean lower pay.
WOCinTech Chat

Single women’s homes are worth less than men’s

May 26, 2016
What’s more is it’s a gap that widens over time.
There's a disparity between the values of single men's and single women's homes, according to a new analysis from the firm RealtyTrac.
Joe Raedle/Getty Images

For public good, not for profit.

Survey: Men think they know more about pay

Apr 15, 2016
65 percent of U.S. men thought they had a good understanding of how pay is determined, versus 53 percent of women.
Some women may not know that they're being paid less than the man sitting next to them.
Startup Stock Photos

Melinda Gates on balancing the burden of unpaid work

Mar 23, 2016
Women are suffering from a lack of time, argues Gates.
Melinda Gates wants to change expectations about women's work.
Jemal Countess/Getty Images

What are the reasons behind the gender pay gap?

Mar 23, 2016
Computer programmers, chefs and dentists were the occupations that had the highest wage gaps in a recent Glassdoor study.
Computer programming has one of the highest wage gaps among the fields studied in a new Glassdoor report. 
Image via Startup Stock Photos