Men Hit With 80% of US Layoffs

The gap between male and female unemployment is the widest on record

By Clay Dillow, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 20, 2009 10:33 AM CDT

(Newser) – Of the 5.1 million US jobs that have evaporated since the recession began, men have lost nearly 80% of them, the Financial Times reports, resulting in the widest gap between unemployment rates for men and women since recordkeeping began a half-century ago. Layoffs have... Read full story »

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