Gender Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Swiss Labor Market

Corinne Dubois, Luisa Lambertini and Yu Wu

No 525, FSES Working Papers from Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland

Abstract: We study the impact of the pandemic on gender gaps in labor market outcomes in Switzerland. Using the Swiss labor force survey data, we document a significant increase in the gender gap in labor market participation. We find no evidence of a worsening of unemployment gender gap during the pandemic but we find a large gender gap in being on STW, a government policy that subsidizes wage payments for employees whose hours are cut at companies in temporary distress. Unlike the United States, the presence of children in the household did not worsen labor gender gaps. Sector and occupation, however, play an important role in explaining gender gaps. In particular, we document substantial heterogeneity in the effect of the pandemic on participation, STW, hours worked, and wage outcomes depending on the availability of telework in the respondent’s occupation.

Keywords: Covid-19; labor market inequality; labor market policies; gender gaps. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J01 J08 J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2022-05-20
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