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share, but overall, the gender childcare gap (the difference between the share of childcare done by women and the share done …
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the gender gaps in paid and unpaid work through the lockdown and recovery phases. The first month of the national lockdown …
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work done by parents. There is much speculation over whether the pandemic increased or decreased gender equality in …
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mental wellbeing. These gender differences are more pronounced in lower-income families. Our results are consistent with …
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The gender income gap is large and well documented for many countries. Recent research shows that it is mainly driven … the gender income gap by redistributing between men and women. The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented levels … research investigates the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the gender gap in income in Ireland. Using nowcasting techniques …
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This paper studies the dynamics of human mobility during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in countries around the world. The main goal of the analysis is to empirically separate voluntary reductions in mobility driven by the information about the location-specific pandemic trends from...
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Based on a unique survey and administrative employer-employee data, we show that the COVID-19 pandemic acted as a push factor for the diffusion of digital technologies in Germany. About two in three firms invested in digital technologies, in particular in hardware and software to enable...
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We quantify and study state-level economic policy uncertainty. Tapping digital archives for nearly 3,500 local newspapers, we construct three monthly indexes for each state: one that captures state and local sources of policy uncertainty (ΕPU-S), one that captures national and international...
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This paper studies economic effects of the gender composition of corporate boards, employing a new and unique …. Using multiple identification approaches, alternative measures of gender diversity, and several performance indicators, we … find some evidence that companies with gender-diverse boards have higher market values and better profitability. These …
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In 2011, Italy introduced gender quotas for boards of directors of companies listed on its stock market. Comparing … the stock price reaction to the introduction of gender quotas. A positive effect of the quota law on stock market returns … emerges at the date of the board's election. Our results are consistent with gender quotas giving rise to a beneficial …
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