Washington, July 16 (ANI): Since the global recession ended in June 2009, men have gained 80 percent of the 2.6 million net jobs created in the U.S., including 61 percent in the last year, according to a report.
According to the Los Angeles Times, men are getting a bigger share of jobs in areas, such as retail sales, federal data show.
Three years ago, women made up a majority of the payrolls in the retail trade, but since the sector hit a low in December 2009, men have gained more than 440,000 retail jobs while women have lost 49,500 positions.
Men now account for 51 percent of the 14.75 million retail jobs in the country.
Similarly, men's payrolls has increased in financial services, such as banking and real estate, healthcare and education, and leisure and hospitality businesses, although women still outnumber men in each sector.
"During this recovery, men have looked for alternative careers and jobs in other sectors," Adriana Kugler, the Labor Department's chief economist, said.he gender gap has raised concerns about possible discrimination in hiring. If the trend persists, it could set back gains made by women in the workplace, experts said.
"It's hard to know [whether] some employers place a priority on men going back to work," Joan Entmacher, vice president for Family Economic Security at the National Women's Law Center, said.
Since December 2009, almost 500,000 net new jobs have been added in manufacturing, but the count for women at factories has been low.
Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, said men may have an edge because they tend to have a longer work history.
But he also suspects some employers will "take a male applicant more seriously even though [men and women are] equally qualified." (ANI)
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