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Title: Women in the Down Economy: Impacts of the Recession and the Stimulus in Massachusetts

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Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: The Great Recession is affecting everyone in one wayor another, but not everyone is affected in the sameway. Womens and mens work (both in and out of thelabor force) still differs, so we can expect that the economiccrisis has had a distinct impact on women aswell as their families. This policy brief discusses howthe down economy has differentially impacted womenand men in Massachusetts and the gendered implicationsof federal stimulus spending. It also identifiespotential opportunities to promote gender equality asthe United States, and Massachusetts in particular,attempt to move beyond the Great Recession.

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Authors: Parekh, Jordan; Salas, Diana; Kelleher, Christa; Albelda, Randy

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Institution: University of Massachusetts

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Publisher Location: Boston, Massachusetts

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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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