San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 2013, Saturday

San Francisco Chronicle

March 2, 2013, Saturday

San Francisco Chronicle (full article)

Women hit harder by government job cuts

This recovery and expansion diverges from previous ones because of the public cuts, said Francine Blau, an economics professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.

Usually, more male-dominated jobs disappear during downturns as construction and manufacturing industries suffer. Women hold more positions in health care, retail and service industries, which are less economy-sensitive.