Published: August 09, 2011
IWPR: Job Gap Grows between Women and Men
WASHINGTON - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Little noted among the employment figures released Friday by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics is a growing gap between women's and men's
employment as the recovery proceeds. Men gained 136,000 payroll jobs in
July, at the same time women lost 19,000. A fact
sheet released today by the Institute
for Women's Policy Research shows that throughout the
recovery men have been gaining a disproportionate share of the jobs,
even taking into account that men lost many more jobs than women in what
was dubbed the "mancession."
IWPR
research shows that men have gained 27.8 percent (1.7 million) of the
jobs they lost since November 2007 (6.1 million) while women have
regained only 10.8 percent (281,000) of the total jobs they lost due to
the recession (2.6 million from November 2007 to September 2010, the
low-point for women's employment). While the jobs recovery is slow for
both men and women, men are at least showing gains. In fact, men are
regaining jobs at nearly three times the speed of women while women's
employment has been virtually flat for more than 12 months.
As a result of the recession, women's and men's payroll employment
reached parity in October 2009 as men lost many more jobs than did
women. But in the recovery, the employment gap between women and men has
not only reappeared but continues to grow. The jobs gap between women
and men is now 1.5 million jobs.
The
Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) conducts
rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of
women and their families, promote public dialogue, and strengthen
communities and societies. IWPR is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization
that also works in affiliation with the women's studies and public
policy programs at The George Washington University.
Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)
Mallory
Mpare, 202-785-5100
Communications Assistant
mpare@iwpr.org
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