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Title: Childcare Burden and Gender Equality with the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
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Publication Year: 2020
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Abstract: COVID-19 pandemic did not only lead to a broad concern regarding public health but also cause an unusual economic recession worldwide. In this paper, I examine the short-term labor consequences of COVID-19 and evaluate the gender gap variations in the United States. In this study, I use panel data from the U.S. Current Population Survey to examine changes in females' and males' work hours from January 2018 through September 2020. With the Difference-indifference framework, I find that mothers reduce their time spent on work significantly more than fathers, which is especially true for parents with primary school-age (6-12) kids who are in intense demand of accompany and homeschooling. Despite this, mothers have been suffering from a higher possibility to be laid off after the outbreak of coronavirus compared to fathers. Evidence from this article also carry out a signal that fathers have begun to take more responsibilities regarding childcare and reduce their hours spent on working to a certain extent. It is of great importance for policymakers and employers to pay close attention to the variation in gender gap with the impact of current recession and take actions according to the dynamic situations.
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Authors: Wang, Yuzhou
Publisher: Research Gate
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Topics: Gender, Health, Work, Family, and Time
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