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Essential Workers and Care Penalties in the United States

Posted on November 03, 2020 by Nancy Folbre, Leila Gautham & Kristin Smith

Journal Feminist Economics

Full article: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UHKC2C6KGES5JFXQNUGC/full?target=10.1080%2F13545701.2020.1828602&

The new category of workers officially labeled "essential" in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States includes a large percentage of women working in care services.