When the unemployment rate rose above 10% during the global economic crisis, the government financed temporary emergency programmes. On top of that, the reconstruction temporarily boosted the demand for workers in labour-intensive industries, especially construction. The mining and agriculture sectors, though less intensive in jobs, have also taken advantage of high commodity prices to increase employment. At the same time, important policy reforms, such as extended early-childhood education and maternity leave and the new in-work benefit for low-income women (Bono al Trabajo de la Mujer), have aimed at fostering female labour participation.