Question

3. Country-wide economic shocks such as recessions
a. can have unequal effects on the unemployment rates for men and women.
b. generally, increase unemployment among men more than among women.
c. frequently have almost identical effects on both the employment status of men and women.
d. generally, increase unemployment among women more than among men

Answer 1

a. can have unequal effects on the unemployment rates for men and women.

Answer 2

4. Which of the following industry sectors experienced the largest losses of employment during the 2007-09 recession?
a. Leisure and hospitality
b. Goods-producing manufacturing and construction
c. Education and health services
d. Information

Answer 3

b. Goods-producing manufacturing and construction

Answer 4

5. Which of the following groups had the largest percentage of workers leave the labor force during 2020?
a. Married women with no children
b. Women living with children over the age of six
c. Single women with no children
d. Women living with children under the age of six

Answer 5

d. Women living with children under the age of six