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More Than 300,000 Women Drop Out of Labor Force as Sluggish Growth Continues

Women gained over half (65,000) of the 120,000 jobs gained this month, as reported in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released Friday (which included revisions for September and October as well as new numbers for November). Analysis of the new data by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) shows that the wide job gap between men and women remains 1.5 million jobs.

By IWPR|2011-12-06T00:00:00-05:00December 6, 2011|Press Releases|Comments Off on More Than 300,000 Women Drop Out of Labor Force as Sluggish Growth Continues