Women’s Working Conditions during COVID-19: A Review of the Literature and a Research Agenda

Omar Mazzucchelli (), Claudia Manzi () and Cristina Rossi Lamastra ()
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Omar Mazzucchelli: Department of Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Raffaele Lambruschini, 4/B, 20156 Milano, Italy
Claudia Manzi: Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Agostino Gemelli, 1, 20123 Milano, Italy
Cristina Rossi Lamastra: Department of Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Raffaele Lambruschini, 4/B, 20156 Milano, Italy

Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-13

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic triggered new working modalities, typically aimed at flexibility. However, the COVID-related restrictions caused adverse effects such as unemployment, precariousness, and social anxiety. Effects on working conditions differ depending on the socio-demographic features of those affected (e.g., gender, social status, economic situation, ethnicity). Scholars agree that people who were disadvantaged before the pandemic—the so-called minority power groups, e.g., women, young people, and immigrants—suffered the most from its effects. This literature review systematizes the main findings of studies on one of these minority power groups, namely women.

Keywords: COVID-19; Gender inequality; female workers; working conditions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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