Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/302668 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17151
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the impact of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic on the time allocated to paid and unpaid work within households. We use panel data from 27 EU countries and isolate the impact of school closures by comparing parents and non-parents. We find no evidence that school closures had a disproportionate impact on women or men. Women and men reduced the time spent on paid work and increased the amount of time spent on household chores and leisure in roughly equal amounts. These findings do not confirm the common concern that school closures increased the care burden for women.
Subjects: 
COVID-19
gender gaps
household production
paid work
time-use
JEL: 
D13
J13
J16
J22
J30
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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