Gender Inequality

This is how women are reshaping the US economy

A woman walks through the financial district. Image: REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

Heather Boushey
Executive Director and Chief Economist, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
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 Increased participation by women in the economy
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In two-thirds of families, mothers are now breadwinners or co-breadwinners
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 Between 1979 and 2014 middle class incomes rose by $9,000
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