Published February 4, 2011
WBUR’s Curt Nickisch reports:
New figures show jobs added in Massachusetts last year went to men at a greater rate than women.
Men typically have a higher unemployment rate than women during recessions. That’s because women are more likely to leave the job market for family reasons. But this last recession was especially hard on males.
Men put the men in unemployment rate. When the job market is really hot, Curt tells me, the unemployment rate for men versus women is typically even. But when the job market slips, men get hit first.
At the end of 2010, the Mass. unemployment rate for men was 10 percent; for women, it was 8 percent.
But the last quarter of 2010 showed gains in construction, manufacturing and technology — sectors dominated by men.
Also, don’t call it that.
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