COVID-19 School Closures and Parental Labor Supply in the United States

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Miriam Marcén, Marina Morales and Almudena Sevilla ()
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Almudena Sevilla: London School of Economics

No 13827, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We examine the role of school closures in contributing to the negative labor market impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. We collect detailed daily information on school closures at the school-district level, which we merge to individual level data on various employment and socio- demographic characteristics from the monthly Current Population Survey from January 2019 through May 2020. Using a difference-in-differences estimation approach, we gauge how the intensity of school closures affects the labor supply of mothers and fathers of young school-age children. We find evidence of non-negligible labor supply reductions, particularly among mothers. These impacts prove robust to endogeneity checks and persist after accounting for other social-distancing measures in place.

Keywords: parental labor supply; school closures; COVID-19; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 J1 J16 J2 J23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2020-10
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Published - published as 'Schooling and Parental Labor Supply: Evidence from COVID-19 School Closures in the United States' in: ILR Review, 2023, 76 (1), 56 - 85.

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