Authors:

  • Claudia Goldin

Excerpt

November 17, 2022, Audio: "There seemed to be a troubling economic trend in 2020. A mass exodus of women from the work force. Economic historian Claudia Goldin says there was a divide in who was forced out of the work force. “Certain people could work at home and certain people couldn't," Goldin says. "Some of the great divides in our society and in our economy became even larger.” Today, On Point: The real economic impact of the pandemic on women."