Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250472 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14811
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We explore whether COVID-19 disproportionately affected women in the labor market using CPS data through the end of 2020. We find that male-female gaps in the employment-to-population ratio and hours worked for women with school-age children have widened but not for those with younger children. Triple-difference estimates are consistent with most of the reductions observed for women with school-age children being attributable to additional child care responsibilities (the "COVID motherhood penalty"). Conducting decompositions, we find women had a greater likelihood to telework, higher education levels and a less-impacted occupational distribution, which all contributed to lessening negative impacts relative to men.
Subjects: 
COVID-19
Coronavirus
pandemic
female labor supply
gender inequality
child care
motherhood penalty
JEL: 
J16
J2
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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