Women and jobs in recessions: 1969-92

• Published in: Monthly labor review Vol. 116; no. 7; pp. 26 - 35
• Main Authors: Goodman, William, Antczak, Stephen, Freeman, Laura
• Format: Journal Article Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics 01.07.1993; Superintendent of Documents; G. P. O
• Subjects: Business depression; Economic recessions; Employed Women; Employees; Employment; Employment (Economic theory), Statistics; Employment Statistics; Federal Aid; Federal aid to local governments; Federal aid to states; Females; Gender Differences; Government (Administrative Body); Industrial cycles; Job Layoff; Labor; Labor aspects; Labor economics; Labor force; Labor market; Labor sector; Labor supply; Layoffs; Males; Manufacturing; Manufacturing Industry; Men; Numbers; Occupations; Payroll; Real estate industry; Recession; Recessions; Retail trade; Retailing industry; Service industries; Service Occupations; Sex Differences; Sexes; State Federal Aid; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Tables (Data); Unemployment; United States; Women; Women, Employment; Womens employment; Working women; United States > US
• ISSN: 0098-1818; 1937-4658

The probability of losing one's job because of a recession is very different for women and men, but, in the last two recessions, gender differences were reduced. The major cause is the relative performance of industries that heavily employ women (such as services) versus those that heavily employ men (such as goods-producing). (JOW)