The American labor force lost 2.4 million women in 2020. Predominantly, this loss included Black, Hispanic, Latinx, and Indigenous women who are overrepresented in frontline roles and sectors hardest hit by the pandemic, and by women forced to choose between career and parenting or caregiving responsibilities.
It’s easy to point at the pandemic — a clear and exogenous shock that left virtually no industry untouched — as a singular cause of this job loss, but that isn’t the full story. Women are underrepresented in fields and roles historically aligned with the most earning potential, and those who do enter those fields are generally paid less than their male counterparts. The pandemic simply made the impact of deeply ingrained gender inequities more visible.
There is a clear and undeniable correlation between education level and income. How can higher education do more to help address discrepancies in pay and representation for women?
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