The post-industrial economy may be more congenial for women. They now outnumber men in America's workforce, and the number of stay-at-home fathers is on the rise. Do cultural stigmas remain? With women getting more academic degrees, how much longer will it be a man's world? Are the Great Recession and the economy changing what it means to be a man? We look at the changing demographics in America's workforce.
Family Life in the Great Recession
Credits
Guests:
- Heather Boushey - Washington Center for Equitable Growth - @HBoushey
- Stephanie Coontz - Council on Contemporary Families - @StephanieCoontz
- Will Culp - stay-at-home dad
- Aaron Rochlen - University of Texas at Austin