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The effect of COVID-19 on the gender gap in remote work

Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2024

We examine changes in the gender gap in working from home (WFH) in response to the unanticipated first wave of the … COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from the American Time Use Survey, we find a non-negligible widening of the gender gap with … WFH being more prevalent among women than among men. Respondents' job traits played a significant role in the gender gap …

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Variable Pay and Work Hours: Does Performance Pay Reduce the Gender Time Gap?

Baktash, Mehrzad B.; Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2024

Using German survey data, we show that performance pay is associated with a substantially lower gender hours gap. While … specialization by gender. Thus, we show that performance pay is not associated with increased hours for men with children in the …

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Americans’ Responses to Terrorism and Mass-Shooting: Evidence from the American Time Use Survey and Well-Being Module

Clark, Andrew; Stancanelli, Elena - 2017

A small but significant literature concludes that terrorism impacts the economy, although the impact of mass-shooting has not yet been addressed by economists. We compare the economic effects of two tragedies: the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing and the 2012 Sandy Hook School Shooting. Fatal...

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The Short-Term Effect of COVID-19 on Self-Employed Workers in Canada

Beland, Louis-Philippe; Fakorede, Oluwatobi; Mikola, Derek - 2020

Using the Canadian Labour Force Survey, we document the short-term impact of COVID-19 on self-employed individuals in Canada, which we interpret as small business owners. We document an important decrease in business ownership between February 2020 and May 2020 (-14.8 percent for incorporated...

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Canadian Small Businesses’ Employees and Owners during COVID-19

Beland, Louis-Philippe; Fakorede, Oluwatobi; Mikola, Derek - 2020

Canadian employers are largely small businesses. Their relevance for job creation and labour demand is integral for policymakers concerned with adverse labour market outcomes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the Canadian Labour Force Survey (LFS) we document how the self-employed,...

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The post-COVID-19 gender gap in the division of household labor

Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2025

This study provides a thorough examination of the evolving gender gap in time allocated to housework in the aftermath … minutes, representing 57% of the pre-pandemic gender gap related to housework time. Our research demonstrates an increase in …-aged children making significant strides in closing the gender gap. Further results show that parents maintained a similar share of …

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Timed to Say Goodbye: Does Unemployment Benefit Eligibility Affect Worker Layoffs?

Albanese, Andrea; Ghirelli, Corinna; Picchio, Matteo - 2019

We study how unemployment benefit eligibility affects the layoff exit rate by exploiting quasi-experimental variation in eligibility rules in Italy. By using a difference-indifferences estimator, we find an instantaneous increase of about 12% in the layoff probability when unemployment benefit...

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The Response of Firms to Maternity Leave and Sickness Absence

Schmutte, Ian M.; Skira, Meghan M. - 2020

The costs to a firm of employee absence depend on how easy it is to find a replacement. We study how firms respond to predictable, but uncertain, worker absences that arise from maternity and non-work-related sickness leave. Using administrative data on over two million spells of leave in...

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The Response of Firms to Maternity Leave and Sickness Absence

Schmutte, Ian M.; Skira, Meghan M. - 2022

We study how firms respond to predictable, but uncertain, worker absences arising from maternity and non-work-related sickness leave. Using administrative data on over 1.5 million spells of leave in Brazil, we identify the short-run effects of a leave spell starting on firms' employment, hiring,...

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Theory and Empirics of Short-Time Work: A Review

Bermudez, Natalia; Dejemeppe, Muriel; Tarullo, Giulia - 2023

Following massive take-up rates during the COVID-19 period, short-time work (STW) policies have attracted renewed interest. In this paper, we take stock of this policy instrument and provide a critical review of STW systems in Europe. We focus on the objectives of STW programs and their primary...

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