Gender regimes in vulnerable households during the recession - what has changed and what not?

Prepare developed democracies for long-run economic slowdowns

“…Recessions have also been associated with increased occupational gender segregation 128 and higher marriage rates in regions with job losses concentrated in female-dominated sectors 120 . Single-parent households (which are mostly headed by women) are especially vulnerable to economic downturns 129 , and recessions affecting male-dominated sectors are associated with lower marriage rates and more out-of-wedlock births 120 . Lastly, economic downturns can create status and identity threats to men that result in rises in nostalgia for patriarchal social structures (see, for example, ref.…”