The unemployment gender gap during the 2007 recession

Bart Hobijn, Aysegul Sahin and Joseph Song

Current Issues in Economics and Finance, 2010, vol. 16, issue Feb

Abstract: Women fared decidedly better than men during the most recent recession. By August 2009, the unemployment rate for men had hit 11.0 percent, while that for women held at 8.3 percent. This 2.7 percentage point unemployment gender gap--the largest in the postwar era--appears to reflect two factors: first, men were much more heavily represented in the industries that suffered the most during the downturn. Second, there was a much sharper increase in the percentage of men who--prompted, perhaps, by a decline in household liquidity--rejoined the labor force but failed to find a job.

Keywords: Recessions; Employment; Women - Employment; Labor market; Unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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