of the new jobs created via investments in the childcare and preschool sector per cent would go to women compared to roughly percent of the new jobs created via expenditures on public infrastructure and housing construction the authors find that those jobs are more effective at reaching disadvantaged workers and people from poor households with lower educational attainment thus women are more likely to get these jobs and amongst women who are employed more disadvantaged women benefit the most in terms of efficiency per dollar spent social infrastructure spending is likely to have a larger job multiplier and greater effect on gender employment gaps