Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/236439 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14408
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We investigate women's likelihood of withdrawing from paid labor to care for children and help them with schoolwork as a result of COVID and school closures. Were women more likely to shift out of paid labor in states where property-division rules would better protect the financial interests of stay-at-home parents? Such higher protection is offered in states with community property regimes or with homemaking provisions, the alternative being equitable-division and no homemaking provisions. We use monthly data from the U.S. Current Population Survey and compare the labor force participation of women with children in grades K-6 between 2019 and 2020, before and after COVID started. We find an association between marital property laws offering women more financial protection and women's labor supply response to COVID-19, especially among non-immigrants.
Subjects: 
COVID-19
labor force
schools
community property
divorce
JEL: 
J13
J16
J2
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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