The WellBeing of Working Women in Times of Econom

Authors: Janice Peterson

Publish Date: 2016

Volume: , Issue: , Pages: 517-539

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Abstract

The Great Recession drew new attention to the importance of gender in the US economy Popular analyses of the recession’s impacts emphasized the higher rates of job loss among men than women leading some to rename the Great Recession the “Great Mancession” With the onset of a weak recovery the “Mancession” gave way to a “Mancovery” where unemployment rates increased for women as they declined for men Recently women’s employment has increased but in types of work that give rise to questions of job quality and the future economic prospects of women workers This chapter provides a broad overview of the impacts of the Great Recession on the wellbeing of women workers in the United States blending discussions of descriptive statistics with influential interpretative narratives of the recession’s impacts Insights from emerging feminist economic analyses of the Great Recession and the wellbeing of women workers provide a framework for examining the changing positions of women in the recovery and developing questions for future research

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