Everyone is trying to figure out what went wrong with jobs in April.
It’s way too early to tell for certain why the numbers came in so much lower than expected. But we can start to make some educated guesses based on the data.
One of the possible causes of the severe miss in April’s jobs numbers is likely the fact that nearly half of U.S. school age children still cannot attend school for full-time, in-person instruction.
The evidence for this comes from data about women—on whom childcare burdens tend to fall—in the workforce.
The number of women aged 16 and over who are…
