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 …

This paper focuses on the impact that gender segregation in the labour market exerts on the underemployment gender gap …, especially for women. Furthermore, we conclude that the gender gap in underemployment is mainly due to the different distribution … of male and female workers across occupations and industries. Additionally, the different impact by gender that working …

We study the impact of the pandemic on gender gaps in labor market outcomes in Switzerland. Using the Swiss Labor Force … Survey data, we document a significant increase in the gender gap in labor market participation. We find no evidence of a … worsening of the unemployment gender gap during the pandemic, but we find that women were more likely to uptake short-time work …

This paper sets out to analyze gender behavior in the Brazilian labor market as a result of the economic effects of the …