Gender Disparities in Job Growth: Women Gain Most New Jobs While Men Face Labor Market Challenges
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Summary
The article discusses gender disparities in job growth, noting that women are getting most new jobs while men face challenges in adapting to changing labor markets. It references economist Betsey Stevenson's 2016 advice to then-incoming President Trump about encouraging men to embrace traditionally female-dominated 'girly jobs' as manufacturing declines. The piece explores structural economic shifts, gender norms in employment, and policy implications for workforce development.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledIf Trump really wants to get more Americans working, he'll have to do something out of his comfort zone: make girly jobs appeal to manly men.
Stevenson argued in an op-ed that it would be a disservice to encourage men 'to cling to work that isn't coming back.'
She cited Trump's promise to bring an iPhone factory to the U.S.
Women are getting most of the new jobs. What's going on with men?
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