Covid-19 and the Employment Gender Gap

Shintaro Yamaguchi and Daiji Kawaguchi

No 2126, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series from Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM)

Abstract: This paper examines how the COVID-19 pandemic affected female employment in Japan. Our estimates indicate that the employment rate of married women with children decreased by 4 percentage points, while that of those without children decreased by only 1 percentage point, implying that increased childcare responsibilities caused a sharp decline in mothers’ employment. Further, mothers who left or lost their jobs appear to have dropped out of the labor force even several months after school reopening. In contrast to women, the employment rate of married men with children was not affected, which hindered progress in narrowing the employment gender gap.

Keywords: Labor Force Participation; Employment; Gender Gap; COVID-19; Childcare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 J13 J16 J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-09
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