US gender employment gap keeps shrinking post-COVID

By Jarrell Dillard
Published 2 Min Read

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Bloomberg News

The gender gap in employment shrank to well below pre-COVID levels this year in the U.S. as more women took advantage of jobs that allow them to work remotely, according to research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The narrowing of the gap —  which measures the difference between the employment rate for men and women — was even more pronounced in the regional bank’s district, which includes New York, Northern New Jersey and southwestern Connecticut.

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