… the crisis hit, 7.7 million women were kept out of the labour market due to caring responsibilities – that’s more … To compare, only 450,000 men were kept out of the labour market for the same reason. It’s not just women’s …
… for men. Because there were less women than men in the labour market to begin with, employment declined for both … 440,000 men in the same age bracket. We must stress that labour market opportunities for women and men are different … men becomes the norm. The impact of withdrawing from the labour market has to be made clear. Career interruptions to …
… already seeing larger shares of women than men leaving the labour market completely. Out of people who were unemployed … in 2019. Just as 7.7 million women were kept out of the labour market before the crisis because they were busy working for free, so too are they now leaving the labour market partly due to unpaid care responsibilities. …
… done by women. The same is true of unpaid domestic labour, which still falls largely on the shoulders of women. … would have been doing it yourself. Why? Because domestic labour is critical. Without caring, cooking and cleaning, … some of the most under-paid and under-valued jobs in the labour market. For example, 82 % of domestic cleaners and …
… in increasing numbers of women being kept out of the labour market due to care responsibilities. Currently, 37.5 % … responsibilities keep some 7.7 million women out of the labour market. This is more than the population of Denmark. … as a result of digitalisation. Gender segregation in the labour market is also inefficient: The five occupations …
… age, education, country of birth, disability and labour status (%, 16+ years, EU, 2019) NB: EU-born and non-EU … case in Greece, Spain, Cyprus and Portugal, where women’s labour market participation is low (Palència et al., 2014) . …
… the summer of 2020 brought more men than women back to the labour market. Men recovered 1.4 million jobs, women only … the major hurdles women face in returning to the labour force at any time, but which have become more …