There are more women in the global workforce now than before COVID

AXIOS March 8, 2024
Emily Peck

The share of women in the workforce is far exceeding pre-pandemic levels around the globe.

Why it matters: Women have made a triumphant comeback into the workforce after the shock of COVID — defying doomsday predictions.

• More women working is good for the economy, especially in a tight labor market — and good for women, too.

Zoom in: Labor force participation rates — the share who are either working or looking for work — among working-age women has blown past pre-pandemic levels in the U.S., the E.U., Japan, Australia, and in most major Asian and Latin American countries, according to data in a new report from Moody’s.

• Rates for men have not increased at the same pace.
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