Men and women both suffer a penalty for long term unemployment. However, women are more likely to take time off work and are more likely to take longer periods of time off – this can happen regardless of family/marital status as women are more likely to take on additional burdens of providing care to children, aging parents, and other family members.
•24.6% of mothers with children 6 or older did not work in 2020. Compare this to only 8.6% of men with children older than 6 who didn’t work in 2020.
