Well-being throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: gendered effects of daycare and school closures

Mathias Huebener, Sevrin Waights and C. Katharina Spieß

Chapter Chapter 11 in Handbook on Inequality and COVID-19, 2025, pp 167-182 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In this chapter, we aim to improve the understanding of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being. We provide an overview of the existing literature and carry out empirical analysis to address certain knowledge gaps. Specifically, we examine the evolution of parental well-being over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and relate changes to the severity of restrictions on school and daycare facilities. Our analysis uses unique data from the COMPASS survey collected at 17 different points throughout the pandemic in Germany. We find that there is a large difference in retrospective stress feelings between women and men that is present only for individuals living with children under the age of 12. We also show that the gender gap in life satisfaction fluctuates over time due to the severity of restrictions on daycare and school operations.

Keywords: Well-being; COVID-19; Life satisfaction; Parental stress; School closures; Daycare closures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035302758
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