Mothers Are Regaining Jobs, Even While Shouldering Pandemic Burdens at Home
There are similarities between the recession’s effect on men and women’s employment, but also crucial differences.
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Paraskevi Briasouli and her son, Jesse Tayler, at home in New York. Many women with young children have struggled during the pandemic year to balance employment and new family responsibilities.Credit...Jackie Molloy for The New York Times
The perception that we’re in the midst of a “she-cession” — in which women have lost jobs at a higher rate than men — has not been borne out. And this winter, more mothers have returned to paid work, bringing them closer to the employment levels of fathers, a new analysis of census data shows.