Job loss leads to persistent adverse labor market outcomes, but assessments of gender differences in labor market … recovery are lacking. We utilize plant closures in Denmark to estimate gender gaps in labor market outcomes and document that … displacement. When accounting for observable differences in human Capital across men and women, half of the gender gap in …

employment shock was concentrated on women rather than men, unlike in past crises.■ It is recommended that the government should … during the pandemic, and resulting limitations in the labor supply of women.■ Furthermore, employment support should be also … provided for laid-off workers in hard-hit sectors that were severely impacted by the labor demand shock during the Covid-19 …