In many high-income economies, the recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented declines in … women's employment. We examine how the forces that underlie this observation play out in developing countries, with a … employment during the pandemic, just as in high-income countries. A key difference is the role of the sectoral distribution of …

We examine the impact of the global recession triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic on women's versus men's employment … telecommuters a different kind of gender gap arises: women working from home during the pandemic spent more work time also doing … moniker "mancessions," we show that the pandemic recession of 2020 was a "shecession" in most countries with larger employment …

The COVID19 pandemic has caused shocks to the demand for home childcare (with the closure of schools and nurseries) and … families with young children have been doing the equivalent of a working week in childcare. Women have been doing the greater … share, but overall, the gender childcare gap (the difference between the share of childcare done by women and the share done …

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the potential of social protection programs in mitigating labor market shocks. We … examine the role of one of the world's largest employment guarantee schemes, India's MG-NREGA, in cushioning job losses in one … of the worst affected economies due to the pandemic. Our findings indicate that regions with greater historical state …

In low-income settings, women are vulnerable to the psychological distress caused by the social and economic impact of …-the-phone counseling intervention aimed at mitigating the mental health impact of COVID-19 on a sample of 2,402 women across 357 villages … in Bangladesh. We find that the provision of mental support to participating women improves their mental health ten …

In 2020, parents' work-from-home days increased fourfold following the initial COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period … did more household production, suggesting they shared the increased work burden resulting from the pandemic more equally …

men and women in April, to recover in August, but not to the pre-pandemic levels. The paper also examines available income … (employment), unpaid work (time spent on domestic work) and incomes, this paper examines the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on …, April 2020, saw a large contraction in employment for both men and women, where more men lost jobs in absolute terms …

. Our findings suggest that women are 24 percent more likely to permanently lose their job than men because of the outbreak …. Women also expect their labor income to fall by 50 percent more than men do. Perhaps because of these concerns, women tend … industries for men and women may take an important part in explaining these gender gaps. Our estimates also point to country …