Bangalore:  It is reported that in the latest economic recovery women are not getting their equal share of jobs reveals the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. The study of Bureau of Labor Statistics data for November demonstrated an immense job gap between men and women getting back into the workforce.

During the economic slowdown men suffered more from severe job losses than women which was also regarded as “mancession” therefore they are making a forceful comeback. Between December 2007 and present men have regained 32 percent of the total jobs lost. Whereas,during the same period, women have retrieved only 20 percent of jobs.  

Speaking to Forbes Heidi Hartmann, President of IWPR and a labor economist said “After a long march into the labor force during the 20th century, women’s participation in the workplace is now at the lowest it’s been since 1993,”. She reported that during the month of November more than 300,000 women dropped out of the workforce. “The number of working women reached its peak in 1998 “and has been dropping slowly and gently since then,” Heidi said. November’s statistics are significant because they reflect a more dramatic decline and take us to a new low, she added.

Further, while answering the two questions what accounts for the decline and will it continue? Heidi stated “We’ll know within the coming months whether the November dropout rate will be sustained. But it may take several more years before we understand the reasons for the apparent gender bias in the recovery,”

It is believed that one possible factor could be layoffs in state and local government, where women are powerfully assigned. It is also estimated that in this tough period the recruiters are following the old conception of men as a bread earner and therefore are giving more preference to men, when they have to select between two equally qualified applicants. Some women have also temporarily quitted their jobs because of expensive child care.