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Title: Gendered Impact of Covid-19 School Closures on Parental Employment

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2023

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Abstract: This study assesses whether the impacts of pandemic-induced school closures on parental labor supply varied for working mothers and fathers. Parental labor supply is comprised of two measures: hours worked in the last week and employment status. Childcare duties fell primarily on women even before Covid-19, and the pandemic created additional demands on maternal time as schools closed nationwide. The results of my empirical model indicate that school closures did not have a differential impact on hours worked by men and women with school-aged children. However, school closures had a disproportionate impact on the employment of mothers, relative to fathers: in response to a one percentage point increase in school closures, the employment of mothers declined an additional 5 percentage points, relative to fathers. The results indicate that women responded to pandemic-induced school closures by leaving their jobs entirely, instead of reducing the number of hours worked in a week. Overall, these findings highlight the importance of realigning labor market, education and welfare policies with the realities facing working mothers.

Url: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2808100475?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true

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Authors: Grover, Tanya

Institution: Georgetown University

Department: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

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Pages: 1-51

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Education, Gender, Health, Work, Family, and Time

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