Women may have fared better than men during the recession, but they are not making up lost ground as fast as men in the recovery.

The recent recession was labeled by some a "man-cession," because of sharp employment cuts in male-dominated fields. During the downturn, which ran from late-2007 to mid-2009, sectors such as manufacturing and construction shed millions of jobs, sending the unemployment rate for men into the double digits. But as the economy has rebounded, men have...