The Impact of COVID-19 on Women’s Employment: Evidence from China

Dong Zhou, Langchuan Peng and Shouer Chen
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Dong Zhou: Department of Cultural Industry and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Langchuan Peng: Institute of Economics and Finance, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, China
Shouer Chen: Department of Cultural Industry and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Economic Analysis Letters, 2023, vol. 2, issue 1, 57-63

Abstract: This paper investigates the impacts of COVID-19 on women’s employment and gender disparity with a longitudinal dataset spanning the pandemic. We exploit the regional intensities of social vulnerability and temporal variation to implement the difference-in-differences (DID) estimation. The results indicate that the pandemic and its associated lockdowns generate a significant and negative impact on women’s employment but not on men’s employment. Moreover, a counterfactual analysis using pre-pandemic data further supports the causal nature of the documented relationships. The evidence suggests that economic downturns caused by public health emergencies, unlike previous economic recessions, have a greater impact on women, and differentiated policies should be designed.

Keywords: COVID-19; Employment; Gender differences; Difference-in-differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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