The Short-Run Macro Implications of School and Child-Care Closures

Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln (), Moritz Kuhn and Michele Tertilt
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Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln: Goethe University Frankfurt

No 13353, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: The COVID19 crisis has hit labor markets. School and child-care closures have put families with children in challenging situations. We look at Germany and quantify the macroeconomic importance of working parents. We document that 26 percent of the German workforce have children aged 14 or younger and estimate that 11 percent of workers and 8 percent of all working hours are affected if schools and child-care centers remain closed. In most European countries, the share of affected working hours is even higher. Policies to restart the economy have to accommodate the concerns of these families.

Keywords: COVID-19; labor market; children; child-care; parents; workforce (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 E32 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2020-06
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Working Paper: The Short-Run Macro Implications of School and Child-Care Closures (2020)
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