Parents in a Pandemic Labor Market

Olivia Lofton, Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau and Lily Seitelman
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No 2021-04, Working Paper Series from Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Abstract: Gender gaps in labor market outcomes during the pandemic are largely due to differences across parents: Employment and labor force participation fell much less for fathers as compared to women and non-parent men at the onset of the pandemic; the recovery has been more pronounced for men and women without children, and; the labor force participation rate of mothers has resumed declining following the start of the school year. The latter is partially offset in states with limited school re-openings. Evidence suggests flexibility in setting work schedules offsets some of the adverse impact of the pandemic on mothers’ employment, while the ability to work from home does not.

Keywords: Labor supply; work flexibility; childcare; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 E24 J16 J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28
Date: 2021-02-04
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DOI: 10.24148/wp2021-04

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