• Read an analysis of the project findings by lead investigator John Schmitt
• See the full report (PDF)
• Read the press release from the Center for Economic and Policy Research
• Related Resources

Project Description

Studies on earnings inequality find that black women are underpaid relative to similarly qualified black men, as well as relative to similarly qualified white women. But in economics, standard analytical approaches treat race and gender separately, overlooking the possibility that race and gender interact within the context of labor markets to compound the disadvantages faced by black women workers.

Second Supplemental Appropriation: $200,000 (February 2011)

Project Completed: June 2013

• Read a summary of the project's main findings
• Read the full report: Leaves That Pay: Employer and Worker Experiences with Paid Family Leave in California (PDF)
• Watch Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman present the report at U.C. Berkeley 
• Related RSF Publications

Introduction