Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263949 
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Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 2022-029/II
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
This paper explores whether and why the pandemic differentially altered women and menÕs consumption behavior. After the 2020 wave of lockdown restrictions were lifted, women reduced consumption more than men. Data on self-reported reasons for consuming less reveals that gender differences in infection risk aversion and precautionary saving motives are small. I find consider- able gender differences in the reporting of affordability constraints and consumer preference shifts. Women report financial constraints more frequently. Men adapted more to the limited consumption possibilities during the lockdown and frequently reported Ã'not missingÃ" various items as the primary reason for spending less than pre-pandemic.
Subjects: 
COVID-19
gender gap
gender equality
household consumption
consumer preferences
experience effects
fiscal policy
JEL: 
D12
D14
D30
E21
G50
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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