In 2020, women full-time workers earned only 82 percent of what men earned. Why does the U.S. gender wage gap persist? What impact is it having, especially in these turbulent times, on the future of work, women, and families?
There’s so much going on in the labor market due to disruptions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The “she-cession”; closures of schools and daycare centers; and the shift to work from home, to the office, to a hybrid work environment, then back again — will all this upheaval help or hurt the wage gap?
