" COMMITTEE PRINT ! 111TH Congress 

2d Session 

S. PRT. 

111–62 

INVEST IN WOMEN, INVEST IN AMERICA: 

A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF WOMEN 

IN THE U.S. ECONOMY 

Prepared by the Majority Staff of the 

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 2010 

Printed for the use of the Joint Economic Committee 


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A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF WOMEN 

INVEST IN WOMEN, INVEST IN AMERICA: 

IN THE U.S. ECONOMY 

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

63–036 WASHINGTON :

" COMMITTEE PRINT ! 111th Congress 

2d Session 

S. PRT. 

111–62 

2011 

INVEST IN WOMEN, INVEST IN AMERICA: 

A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF WOMEN 

IN THE U.S. ECONOMY 

Prepared by the Majority Staff of the 

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 2010 

Printed for the use of the Joint Economic Committee 


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JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 

[Created pursuant to Sec. 5(a) of Public Law 304, 79th Congress] 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York, Chair 

MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York 

BARON P. HILL, Indiana 

LORETTA SANCHEZ, California 

ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland 

VIC SNYDER, Arkansas 

KEVIN BRADY, Texas 

RON PAUL, Texas 

MICHAEL C. BURGESS, M.D., Texas 

JOHN CAMPBELL, California 

SENATE 

CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York, Vice 

Chairman 

JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico 

AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota 

ROBERT P. CASEY, JR., Pennsylvania 

JIM WEBB, Virginia 

MARK R. WARNER, Virginia 

SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas, Ranking Minority 

JIM DEMINT, South Carolina 

JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho 

ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah 

ANDREA CAMP, Executive Director 

JEFF SCHLAGENHAUF, Minority Staff Director 

Letter of Transmittal 

December 2010

To the Members of the Joint Economic Committee: 

I asked the Majority Staff of the Joint Economic Committee to 

prepare a comprehensive review of women in the U.S. economy so 

that policymakers could have a better understanding of women’s 

essential contributions to our economy and of their potential to 

play a stronger role in our economic recovery. Transmitted hereby 

is that review, Invest in Women, Invest in America, which also 

serves as the final majority report to be issued under my leadership as Chair of the Joint Economic Committee. 

Sincerely,

Carolyn B. Maloney 

Chair


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