empirically investigate the dynamics and drivers of gender gaps in employment rates, wages and workhours during the pandemic … experienced a major decline in their employment rate and workhours, as well as gender segregation in the most affected industries …. Relying on Estonian Labour Force Survey data, we document that the pandemic has, if anything, reduced gender inequality in all …

at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with … gender outcomes. Most estimates of the impact of parental leave entitlement on female labor market outcomes range from …

-term employment stability among those who lost their jobs early in the pandemic in contrast to the group of the longer-term unemployed … disproportionate challenges during the pandemic. They were more inclined to transition into precarious employment arrangements and … experienced lower levels of employment stability in the months following re-employment. …