shecession
Syllables: she·ces·sionUK/ʃiːˈsɛʃn̩/US/ʃiˈsɛʃn̩/
shecession noun: excessively high female unemployment.
Noun
shecession (plural shecessions)
- Excessively high female unemployment.
- As Figure 2 shows, the model for the impact of regular versus pandemic recessions on women and men matches the evidence. A regular recession is a ‘mancession’, meaning that women’s total labour supply increases relative to men’s, whereas the pandemic recession is a ‘shecession’, with deep...2020 September 22, Michèle Tertilt, Matthias Doepke, Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, Titan Alon, “The shecession (she-recession) of 2020: Causes and consequences”, in Centre for Economic Policy Research...
- Called the “shecession” by some economists, the coronavirus pandemic is unlike other modern recessions in that job losses are greatest among women, who dominate jobs that cannot be done remotely, like food service, retail and hospitality.2020 November 2, Katie Surma, “Pandemic recession becomes ‘shecession’ as more working moms are forced to quit jobs Previous”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 02 May 2024
Examples of shecession in a sentence
- A regular recession is a ‘mancession’, meaning that women’s total labour supply increases relative to men’s, whereas the pandemic recession is a ‘shecession’, with deep employment losses for women.2020 September 22, Michèle Tertilt, Matthias Doepke, Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, Titan Alon, “The shecession (she-recession) of 2020: Causes and...
- In widening their investigation to 26 countries in Europe and North America, Doepke and his colleagues reveal that the U.S. was not alone in experiencing a “shecession.”2022 March 24, Matthias Doepke, “Women at Work: From a Milestone to a ‘Shecession’”, in Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern...
Forms of shecession
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Origin of shecession
Blend of she + recession, likely modeled after mancession. Popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Words that rhyme with shecession
- freshen
- expression
- impression
- possession
- session
- depression
- confession
- recession
- compression
- profession
- obsession
- cession
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Questions about shecession
- What does shecession mean?
- Shecession means excessively high female unemployment.
- How do you use shecession in a sentence?
- A regular recession is a ‘mancession’, meaning that women’s total labour supply increases relative to men’s, whereas the pandemic recession is a ‘shecession’, with deep employment losses for women.
- What part of speech is shecession?
- Shecession is a noun.
- How do you pronounce shecession?
- Shecession is pronounced /ʃiːˈsɛʃn̩/ (UK).
- What is the plural of shecession?
- The plural of shecession is shecessions.
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