COVID-19 Disruptions Disproportionately Affect Female Academics

Tatyana Deryugina, Olga Shurchkov and Jenna Stearns

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, vol. 111, 164-68

Abstract: The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent countermeasures disrupted economic activity around the world. We investigate the effects of COVID-19 disruptions on the gender gap in academia. We administer a global survey of academics to collect nuanced data on the respondents' circumstances, such as the number and ages of children and time use. All academics report substantial increases in childcare and housework burdens, but women experienced significantly larger increases than men. Female academics with children report a disproportionate reduction in research time, both relative to childless men and women and to male academics with children.

JEL-codes: D63 I12 I23 J16 J44 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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