Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250490 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14829
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper analyses the difference in short-term employment recovery between young men and women in India, Peru and Vietnam following the national lockdowns imposed in all three countries during 2020. We employ a mediation model to establish whether - and to what extent – commonly suggested mechanisms are responsible for a relatively slower recovery among young women and an increase in the gender employment gap. In line with the literature, we find evidence that the unequal distribution of caring responsibilities explains a meaningful proportion of the disparity in Peru and Vietnam, but a smaller share of the change in the employment gap in India. Contrary to the previous literature, however, we find little evidence that the work activity performed before the pandemic explains the slower female recovery in any of the three study countries.
Subjects: 
COVID-19
job loss
work resilience
gender gap
JEL: 
J21
J16
J6
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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