Abstract I investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent surge in childcare demand on the research productivity of female economics. Using data from SSRN and a Difference-in-Differences approach, I show that around the timing of confinements, the gender production gap widens by around 20 percentage points, an adverse effect persisting up to 4 months later the beginning of social restriction measures. Declines in production, however, vanish during the school re-opening period suggesting a prominent role in childcare demand.
The gender gap in academic productivity during the pandemic: Is childcare responsible? / Chinetti, Simone. - In: IZA JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS. - ISSN 2193-8997. - 12:1(2023). [10.2478/izajole-2023-0007]
The gender gap in academic productivity during the pandemic: Is childcare responsible?
Simone Chinetti
2023
Abstract
Abstract I investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent surge in childcare demand on the research productivity of female economics. Using data from SSRN and a Difference-in-Differences approach, I show that around the timing of confinements, the gender production gap widens by around 20 percentage points, an adverse effect persisting up to 4 months later the beginning of social restriction measures. Declines in production, however, vanish during the school re-opening period suggesting a prominent role in childcare demand.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.