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Women
fromFortune
2 days ago

The more women earn, the more housework they do: inside the paradox a Wharton economist calls 'an existential problem for men' | Fortune

Weaponized incompetence in domestic life persists, with women bearing the majority of household labor despite increasing earnings and workforce participation.
Miscellaneous
fromFortune
1 month ago

Forget 40 hours: The Dutch get their work done in just 32 hours a week-and women made it possible | Fortune

The Netherlands averaged 32.1 weekly work hours in 2024, driven by widespread part-time female labor and tax structures enabling shorter workweeks.
New York City
fromFortune
6 months ago

If New Mexico can figure out universal child care, so can New York City | Fortune

About 80% of New York City families with children under five cannot afford childcare, causing family departures, workforce exits, and economic strain.
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago

Australia's women remain an untapped resource in the hunt for productivity | Zoe Daniel

In 2022, at the newly elected Labor government's jobs and skills summit, economist Danielle Wood put women in the workforce front and centre. I can't help but reflect that if untapped women's workforce participation was a massive ore deposit, we would have governments lining up to give tax concessions to get it out of the ground, she said. As the CEO of the Grattan Institute, Wood had long been a powerful advocate for women to create a more productive economy.
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