The restrictions rolled out to curb the spread of COVID-19 forced millions of women out of the workforce due to mass layoffs and lack of childcare, causing commentators to initially dub it a "she-cession." However, the increased availability of remote work has helped reverse the tide, leading to an unprecedented surge in female employment, so much so that the labor force participation rate for 25-to-54-year-old women is now higher than it was pre-pandemic. |