Would countercyclical fiscal policy during recessions improve or worsen the gender employment gap? We answer this … question by exploring the state-dependent impact of fiscal spending shocks on employment by gender in the G-7 countries. Using … the local projection method, we find that, during recessions, a positive fiscal spending shock increases female employment …

cyclicality of their employment and wages relative to women’s. We study the extent to which fiscal policy may offset or worsen … these asymmetric effects across gender. Using micro-level data for the U.S. from the Current Population Survey, we find that … analysis further reveals that the fiscal component most efficient at closing gender gaps is least suitable for offsetting …

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 …

consuming less reveals that gender differences in infection risk aversion and precautionary saving motives are small. I find … considerable gender differences in the reporting of affordability constraints and consumer preference shifts. Women report …

distribution between wages and profits, gender inequality, and wealth concentration, and their interactions; ii) the impact of … of taxation; iii) both the demand and supply-side effects; iv) effects on both output and employment.We build a three … unpaid care. Hours of employment in the social sector and the rest of the economy are determined by output and labour …