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In 2020, parents' work-from-home days increased fourfold following the initial COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period compared to 2015-2019. At the same time, many daycares closed, and the majority of public schools offered virtual or hybrid classrooms, increasing the demand for household-provided...
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division of labor, women were foremost in bearing the brunt of the increased demands on unpaid care work under the lockdown … conditions. At the same time, women were also overrepresented in informal employment and service sectors hard-hit by the pandemic … resulting in more severe job loss for female workers overall. In many labor markets, women constituted the majority of so …
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gender that favor men, by marital status and gender that favor married men over married women, and by gender, marital, and …
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We examine supply-side determinants of transition from the wage and salary sector to selfemployment of women and men … indicate that women and men transitioning into self-employment are differently motivated. In terms of job attributes, women …
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Working from home (WFH) has become a key factor during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in countries that have implemented severe social distancing measures. This paper investigates the potential influence of the working from home attitude of occupations on the gender wage gap (GWG) reported by...
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WFH being more prevalent among women than among men. Respondents' job traits played a significant role in the gender gap … affecting the WFH tendency for men but not for women. Overall, the gender gap change proves robust to identification checks. In …
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Despite the notable progress that has been made in bridging the gap between women and men in the world of work, women … are still underrepresented in several occupations. In this article, the effect of gender norms on whether women enter male … flexibility and women's relative preferences for family-friendly jobs in shaping gender-based sorting across occupations. …
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exhibits a positive influence on job satisfaction, albeit exclusively among women, and with some heterogeneity, depending on … personal characteristics. Specifically, this effect seems more noticeable in women characterized by elevated Openness to …
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The recent SARS-Cov-2 pandemic has contributed to several corporate crises. As a result, many Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Italy have filed for bankruptcy in the first quarter of 2020. In addition to a gigantic macroeconomic effect, the lockdown has impacted individuals to a...
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This paper analyzes the occupational status and distribution of free women in the antebellum United States. It … among women by nativity, urbanization, and region of the country. While foreign-born and illiterate women were more likely … greater the slave-intensity of the county, the less likely were free women to report having an occupation, particularly as …
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