By Lauren Hoffman, Rose Khattar, Beth Almeida, & Bela Salas-Betsch
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveal that the gender wage gap narrowed slightly in 2021. This progress, while modest, reflects the robust economic recovery—fueled in part by the American Rescue Plan (ARP)—that saw women’s employment expand by more than 3 million jobs since the passage of the ARP in March 2021. In another win for women, the Biden administration’s transformative economic achievements—including the Inflation Reduction Act, student loan relief, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the bipartisan infrastructure law—will help alleviate many families’ and individuals’ economic pressures in myriad ways.
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