There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for … gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In …-generation immigrants, both women and men, from source countries with more gender equality (as measured by the World Economic Forum's Global …

share, but overall, the gender childcare gap (the difference between the share of childcare done by women and the share done …The COVID19 pandemic has caused shocks to the demand for home childcare (with the closure of schools and nurseries) and … the supply of home childcare (with many people not working). We collect real-time data on daily lives to document that UK …

addition, when examining the time spent by girls and boys in two-parent households, we find that the gender of the disabled … living with a disabled mother in a two-parent household spend more time on homework and less time on housework and caring for … both the gender of the teen and of the disabled parent, with teen girls likely being worse off than teen boys. Our results …

mothers and fathers. The Australian 2009 Fair Work Act explicitly entitled parents of young children to request a (reasonable …

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 … are affected if schools and child-care centers remain closed. In most European countries, the share of affected working …

-based or partner-provided childcare mitigated the severe disruptions to research observed among parents during COVID-19. We …The COVID-19 pandemic created unexpected and prolonged disruptions to childcare access. Using survey evidence on time … relative to fathers, narrowing the emerging post-pandemic gender gap. Having a stay-at-home partner reduced the disruptions to …

The growth in women's participation in the labor force has attracted attention to the gender differences in commuting … responsibilities, with a focus on gender differences in that relationship. Using the Dutch Time Use Surveys for the years 2000 and 2005 …, we analyze the relationship between commuting time, and the time devoted to home production and childcare. To deal with …

-lasting effects on fathers' involvement in childcare and housework. Effects on maternal labor supply are also significantly positive … promoting more gender equality in leave-taking. Results show that even short periods of fathers' parental leave may have long …

work done by parents. There is much speculation over whether the pandemic increased or decreased gender equality in …