share, but overall, the gender childcare gap (the difference between the share of childcare done by women and the share done …The COVID19 pandemic has caused shocks to the demand for home childcare (with the closure of schools and nurseries) and … the supply of home childcare (with many people not working). We collect real-time data on daily lives to document that UK …

childcare. Much of the additional burden has been shouldered by women. Yet, the rise in remote working also has the potential to … increase paternal involvement in family life and thus to reduce gender role inequalities. This effect depends on the working …

, differential effects by gender, couple status, and parental status exist. Coupled women were less likely to be working than coupled …

by only 1 percentage point, implying that increased childcare responsibilities caused a sharp decline in mothers … progress in narrowing the employment gender gap. …

work from home. The lockdown led to a large increase in childcare and housework, given the closing of schools and the … inability to outsource. We find that men increased their participation in housework and childcare slightly, but most of the … crisis appears to have increased gender inequalities in both paid and unpaid work in the short-term. …