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Title: Exploring the Labour Patterns of Women and Mothers Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Impact of School Closures and a New Kind of Recession
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2021
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Abstract: This paper uses the IPUMS CPS survey and state school-closure data from Education Week to analyze the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic's school closures and economic shutdowns on married couples in the United States. I find that existing inequalities for both gender and racial minorities in the labour force were exacerbated during the COVID-19 recession. Additionally, both partial and full school closures were associated with a ~2 percentage point decrease in labour force participation for the entire sample and could have long-term impacts on the demographic indicators of labour force participation. When isolating parents during COVID-19, I found that mothers who were able to telework were able to complete more of their full-time work schedule compared to fathers who could telework, and full school closures decreased the fraction of full-time work parents were able to complete by ~2 percentage points. An intersectional analysis of labour force participation showed Black women and mothers experienced the pandemic recession differently from other racial groups in the sample. * A special thank you to Professor Olney, for your guidance and encouragement during this past year. And a special note to my grandfathers, whose hands I didn't get to hold once more and who didn't make it to read this final document, but who I know would be proud that academia and feminism is being carried on in the family. 2
Url: https://econ.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/ReneeUtter_Econ Thesis.pdf
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Authors: Utter, Renee Isabel
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Department: Economics
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Pages: 1-58
Data Collections: IPUMS CPS
Topics: Education, Family and Marriage, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Work, Family, and Time
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