Baby steps: the gender division of childcare during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The nature and scale of the shocks to the demand for, and the supply of, home childcare during the COVID-19 pandemic provide a unique opportunity to increase our understanding of the division of home labour and the determinants of specialization within the household. We collected real-time data on daily lives to document the impact of measures to control COVID-19 on UK families with children under the age of 12. We document that these families have been doing the equivalent of a working week in childcare, with mothers bearing most of the burden. The additional hours of childcare done by women are less sensitive to their employment than they are for men, leaving many women juggling work and (a lot more) childcare, with likely adverse effects on their mental health and future careers. Howeve

SUBMITTER: Sevilla A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7499756 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature