Women, work and the pandemic: A search for balance

During the pandemic, women have taken the brunt of the damage to the labor force, whether it’s losing their jobs or working triple time at home with child care and education duties on top of their work obligations. Real wage differentials between men and women during the pandemic have turned into a chasm, with the gap increasing by more than 19% at the depths of the economic disruption.   Overall, 1.8 million fewer women were working in the labor force in May than in February 2020. In fact, one of the