A year on from the recession, how are Australian women faring economically? Pretty poorly actually. This week we speak to Alison Pennington, senior economist from the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute about how women have disproportionately lost their jobs, returned to crappier jobs and why the gender pay gap actually widened over the last year, despite what you may have heard otherwise.Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director at the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennettGuest:Alison Pennington, senior economist at the Australia Institute // @ak_penningtonThe Australia Institute // @theausinstituteCentre for Future Work // @cntrfutureworkWebsite:australiainstitute.org.aufuturework.org.auProducer: Jennifer Macey //@jennifermaceyTheme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

<div>A year on from the recession, how are Australian women faring economically? Pretty poorly actually. This week we speak to Alison Pennington, senior economist from the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute about how women have disproportionately lost their jobs, returned to crappier jobs and why the gender pay gap actually widened over the last year, despite what you may have heard otherwise.</div><div><b>Host: </b>Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director at the Australia Institute // <a href="http://twitter.com/ebony_bennett" target="_blank">@ebony_bennett</a></div><div><b>Guest:</b></div><div>Alison Pennington, senior economist at the Australia Institute // <a href="http://twitter.com/ak_pennington" target="_blank">@ak_pennington</a></div><div>The Australia Institute // <a href="http://twitter.com/theausinstitute" target="_blank">@theausinstitute</a></div><div>Centre for Future Work // <a href="http://witter.com/cntrfuturework" target="_blank">@cntrfuturework</a></div><div><b>Website:</b></div><div><a href="https://australiainstitute.org.au/" target="_blank">australiainstitute.org.au</a></div><div><a href="http://futurework.org.au/" target="_blank">futurework.org.au</a></div><div><b>Producer:</b> Jennifer Macey //<a href="https://twitter.com/jennifermacey" target="_blank">@jennifermacey</a></div><div><b>Theme Music: </b>Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions</div>

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A year on from the recession, how are Australian women faring economically? Pretty poorly actually. This week we speak to Alison...

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