Since its establishment in 1993, CWW has produced innovative scholarship on a myriad of diverse topics. This diversity is reflected in the themes of some of our most recent publications:
Working Papers Series
Pay Equity Infographics
- Myth Versus Fact About the Gender Pay Gap
- Mothers & Fathers in the Workforce
- Where are the Women: High Paying Industries & Women
- New Jersey: Women Make 80% of Men's Earning in the Garden State
- New York: The State of Women in the Empire State
- Pennsylvania: Lowest District vs Highest District
Policy-Based Work Supports
Family Leave
- New Jersey’s Family Leave Insurance Program at Age Three
- Awareness of New Jersey’s Family Leave Insurance Program Is Low, Even as Public Support Remains High and Need Persists
- Public Policy, Paid Leave for New Parents, and Economic Security for U.S. Workers
- The Positive Economic Impacts for Paid Family Leave for Families, Businesses and the Public
- Employer and Worker Experiences with Paid Leave in California
- Economics and Politics of Work-Family Policy: The Case for a State Family Leave Insurance Program
- Achieving a Workable Balance
- Employment, Workplace Leave and Return to Work Among New Jersey Mothers
Earned Sick Days
- Earned Sick Days in Jersey City: A Study of Employers and Employees at Year One
- It’s Catching: Public Opinion toward Paid Sick Days in New Jersey
- A Health Impact Assessment of Paid Sick Days
Minimum Wage
- Fact Sheet: A Higher Minimum Wage Would Benefit Working Women, Their Families, and All New Jerseyans
Unionization
Education
- New Jersey High School Equivalency Test: More Test Options, Less Opportunity
- Removing Barriers to Degree-Completion and Economic Advancement in New Jersey
- Adult College Completion through the Workforce Development System
- Fast Facts on Equity in Career and Technical Education (CTE)
- Fast Facts on Equity in Nontraditional CTE
- Fast Facts on Race & Ethnicity in CTE
- Paying for College: Availability of Need-based Financial Aid for New Jersey’s Working Adults
Women in Science and Technology
- Taking Initiative: Re-Tooling for an Economy that Can Handle Curves
- New Jersey’s Women in Science and Technology
- Green Now! Women Leading the Way in Science and Technology
- “I Don’t Know Why They Make It So Hard Here”: Institutional Factors and Undergraduate Women’s STEM Participation
Women in Legal Professions
Other Topics
- CWW Fact Sheet: New Jersey's Benefits "Cliff Effect" and Economic Self-Sufficiency
- Controlled Chaos: The Experiences of Women Warehouse Workers in NJ
- Home Care Attendant Training and Quality of Care from the Perspectives of Home Care Consumers
- A Survey of Contracted Food Service Work in New Jersey’s K-12 Public Schools
- Climbing the Ladder: How to Invest in New Jersey’s Working Families
More Information
For further information, please contact our Research Director, Elaine Zundl, at ezundl@work.rutgers.edu.