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Just finished @PnPCBC with the wonderful @armstrongcbc on the significance of today's @StatCan_eng Labour Force Survey findings.
Buckle up for a short tour of the deets. https://twitter.com/ArmineYalnizyan/status/1357774670821523461
Buckle up for a short tour of the deets. https://twitter.com/ArmineYalnizyan/status/1357774670821523461
First, I have learned by updating the "Measuring the Shecession chart" that nothing is simple. (my first crack at it was in @macleans Chartapalooza https://www.macleans.ca/economy/charts-to-watch-in-2021-the-most-important-canadian-economic-charts-for-the-year-ahead/, and I updated
World o' pain, stemming from a horrid net loss of almost 213,000 jobs across Canada from Dec 2020 to Jan 2021.
72% of job loss was in Ontario.
Men hard hit, but women still bearing the brunt of job losses (63%)
Here's what Measuring the Shecession looks like now
72% of job loss was in Ontario.
Men hard hit, but women still bearing the brunt of job losses (63%)
Here's what Measuring the Shecession looks like now
This chart uses an index approach - where did men/women start in February 2020, where are they now.
On all metrics except part-time employment, women started behind men.
You will note a huge increase in women's average hours worked. Because so many part-time positions lost.
On all metrics except part-time employment, women started behind men.
You will note a huge increase in women's average hours worked. Because so many part-time positions lost.
Women start from different places than men re Labour Force and Participation Rates during good times because they do so much unpaid care.
Since the pandemic hit, over three times the number of women dropped out of the labour market than men (25K men, 80K women since Feb 2020)
Since the pandemic hit, over three times the number of women dropped out of the labour market than men (25K men, 80K women since Feb 2020)
Economic impacts of COVID (+ policy failure to provide safe childcare and school capacity) have rolled back the clock for women's employment rates by DECADES.
By 2020 only 53.1% of women aged 15+ worked in Ontario, 53.9% in Canada.
When was it this low last in ON? 1991. CDA? 1996
By 2020 only 53.1% of women aged 15+ worked in Ontario, 53.9% in Canada.
When was it this low last in ON? 1991. CDA? 1996
But that's the annual average rate, and things were grim in the spring of 2020.
So how does the monthly look? Same thing.
53.3% of Ontario's women were working in January 2021,
54.5% of Canada's women. Grim.
So how does the monthly look? Same thing.
53.3% of Ontario's women were working in January 2021,
54.5% of Canada's women. Grim.
And whereas prime-age women have been more resilient than younger workers (under 25) and older workers (55 and older), it's plain ugly here too.
The Shecession Continueth.
No recovery without a she-covery.
No she-covery without childcare.
The Shecession Continueth.
No recovery without a she-covery.
No she-covery without childcare.
More to come next week.
Have a great weekend.
Take care of yourself, and help others as often as you can.
Have a great weekend.
Take care of yourself, and help others as often as you can.
