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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Has the COVID-19 pandemic widened the gender gap in paid work hours in Spain?
Beteiligte:
Blázquez, Maite;
Herrarte, Ainhoa;
Moro-Egido, Ana I.
Erschienen:
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2024
Erschienen in:
Journal of Demographic Economics, 90 (2024) 2, Seite 313-348
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1017/dem.2022.15
ISSN:
2054-0892;
2054-0906
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AbstractThis paper analyzes the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the within-household gender gap in relation to paid work hours in full-time employed heterosexual couples in Spain. Using the Spanish Labor Force Survey (2019–2020) and a difference-in-differences method, we analyze three stages of the pandemic: strict lockdown, de-escalation, and partial closures to study the short-term effects and potential medium-term effects on gender inequality in terms of paid work hours. Our results suggest that during the strict lockdown period there was a tendency to fall back on traditional family gendered patterns to manage the work–life balance, especially when young children are present in male-headed households. However, this phenomenon seems to be a short-term consequence of the pandemic. The sector of activity (essential or non-essential) has also played a key role, the gender gap increased in male-headed households with female partners employed in non-essential sectors.