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I’m home to find a job, not do that: what research on unemployment teaches us about gender and job-searching

Rao, Aliya ORCID: 0000-0003-0674-4206 (2020) I’m home to find a job, not do that: what research on unemployment teaches us about gender and job-searching. LSE COVID-19 Blog (29 Sep 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Women are more likely to have lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic. Some may embrace the chance to devote themselves to their families, says Aliya Hamid Rao (LSE) – though unemployed men do not always feel the same obligation. But the evidence shows that those who quit jobs because of unpaid caregiving responsibilities have more difficulty getting back into the workforce.

Item Type: Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/
Additional Information: © 2020 The Author
Divisions: Methodology
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Date Deposited: 12 Oct 2020 14:27
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 10:43
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106799

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