ANALYSIS - Narrowing the Gender Participation Gap

and worldwide, the participation rate for women remains below the participation rate of 83% for men—which means that there is a gap of around 10 percentage points between the percentage of men and women in the U. [...] For example, while the largest post-pandemic declines in the gender gap have been observed in India and the Philippines, the gender gap in those countries remains extremely wide—in India’s case, more than four times the U. [...] We have identified three key forces behind the gains: the very tight labour markets across the globe, the broad-based increase in living costs due to the surge in inflation during the past two years, and working conditions that have become more flexible because of the shift towards remote working. [...] In contrast, for the younger cohort, specifically women age 20 to 24, the sharp increase in labour force participation in the EU likely owes more to the surge in job opportunities due to labour shortages and low unemployment rates, rather than the advent of remote work. [...] MOODY’S credit rating is an opinion as to the creditworthiness of a debt obligation of the issuer, not on the equity securities of the issuer or any form of security that is available to retail investors.