COVID-19 and the gender gap in work hours
COVID-19 and the gender gap in work hours
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DOI：
10.1111/gwao.12506
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发表时间：
2020-08-04
影响因子：
5.8
通讯作者：
Scarborough, William J.
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作者：
Collins, Caitlyn;Landivar, Liana Christin;Scarborough, William J.
学校和日托因COVID-19疫情而关闭，增加了在职父母的责任。因此，许多人改变了工作时间，以满足这些不断增长的需求。在这项研究中，我们使用来自美国当前人口调查的面板数据，研究了2020年2月至4月期间母亲和父亲工作时间的变化，这段时间是美国大范围爆发COVID-19之前的一段时间，并通过其第一个高峰期。使用个人层面的固定效应模型，我们发现，有年幼子女的母亲减少工作时间的比例是父亲的四到五倍。这些调查结果表明了COVID-19大流行的另一个负面后果，突显了它对女性工作时间和就业构成的挑战。
School and day care closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have increased caregiving responsibilities for working parents. As a result, many have changed their work hours to meet these growing demands. In this study, we use panel data from the US Current Population Survey to examine changes in mothers' and fathers' work hours from February through April 2020, the period of time prior to the widespread COVID-19 outbreak in the United States and through its first peak. Using person-level fixed effects models, we find that mothers with young children have reduced their work hours four to five times more than fathers. Consequently, the gender gap in work hours has grown by 20-50 per cent. These findings indicate yet another negative consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the challenges it poses to women's work hours and employment.