COVID-19 She-Cession: The Employment Penalty of Taking Care of Young Children

Author: Ms. Stefania Fabrizio, Diego B. P. Gomes, and Ms. Marina Mendes Tavares

Volume/Issue: Volume 2021 Issue 058

Publication date: March 2021

ISBN: 9781513571157

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Labor , Gender Studies , COVID-19 , Gender Equality , School Closures , Output Cost , WP , employment gender gap , employment loss , gender employment gap , women employment distribution , employment level , gender employment growth gap , occupations employment , Employment , employment trajectory , employment penalty , employment fluctuation , change series , gender gap increase , Women , Unemployment , Gender inequality

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Summary

The COVID-19 outbreak and the measures to contain the virus have caused severe disruptions to labor supply and demand worldwide. Understanding who is bearing the burden of the crisis and what drives it is crucial for designing policies going forward. Using the U.S. monthly Current Population Survey data, this paper analyzes differences in employment responses between men and women. The main finding is that less educated women with young children were the most adversely affected during the first nine months of the crisis.The loss of employment of women with young children due to the burden of additional childcare is estimated to account for 45 percent of the increase in the employment gender gap, and to reduce total output by 0.36 percent between April and November 2020.