Paid and Unpaid Work Time by Labor Force Status of Prime Age Women and Men in Canada: The Great Recession and Gender Inequality in Work Time

This chapter investigates the gendered impact of the Great Recession on paid and unpaid work time of prime age women and men workers in Canada. Based upon data from the Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey (LFS) and General Social Survey (GSS) 2010, the chapter demonstrates that the Great Recession had not only gendered impacts on paid work but also had gendered impacts on unpaid housework and care work. The evidence provides supports for five hypotheses: the Great Recession is a he-cession; is associated with a he-recovery; included an added worker effect for women; increased unpaid work of women and men; and the increase inunpaid work was greater for women than men.