Gender differences in employment one year into the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis by industrial sector and firm size

An important aspect of the impact of COVID-19 is its disproportional impact across gender. This Insights article proposes a year-over-year approach that compares employment from March 2020 to February 2021 to their March-2019-to-February-2020 counterparts. It uses the Labour Force Survey to study ge...

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Main Authors: Yuqian Lu, Douwere Grekou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Statistics Canada 2021-05-01
Series:Economic and Social Reports
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Online Access:https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/36-28-0001/2021005/article/00005-eng.htm
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Gender differences in employment one year into the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis by industrial sector and firm size
Economic and Social Reports
Coronavirus disease
Females
Gender
Male-female income gap
title Gender differences in employment one year into the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis by industrial sector and firm size
title_full Gender differences in employment one year into the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis by industrial sector and firm size
title_fullStr Gender differences in employment one year into the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis by industrial sector and firm size
title_full_unstemmed Gender differences in employment one year into the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis by industrial sector and firm size
title_short Gender differences in employment one year into the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis by industrial sector and firm size
title_sort gender differences in employment one year into the covid 19 pandemic an analysis by industrial sector and firm size
topic Coronavirus disease
Females
Gender
Male-female income gap
url https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/36-28-0001/2021005/article/00005-eng.htm
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