Would countercyclical fiscal policy during recessions improve or worsen the gender employment gap? We give an answer to … this question by exploring the state-dependent impact of fiscal spending shocks on employment by gender in the G-7 … shock would improve the female share of employment by 0.28 percentage point during recessions. Our findings are driven by …

statistically significant output effect under floating exchange rate regimes. For the estimation of the output effects of fiscal …

to two-thirds exhibiting larger declines in women’s than men’s employment rates. These gender differences in COVID-19’s … related to COVID-19’s impacts on gender shares in employment within sectors …Early evidence on the pandemic’s effects pointed to women’s employment falling disproportionately, leading observers to …