The recession induced by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in major declines in employment of women, both from the demand … facilities. We provide projections of possible impacts of this reduction on less-educated women's future human capital framed … experience. We develop a new and modified form of the Mincerian log wage equation which we argue captures the effect of women …

women's employment. We examine how the forces that underlie this observation play out in developing countries, with a … employment: whereas in high-income economies reduced employment in contact-intensive services had a large impact on women, this … sector plays a minor role in low-income countries. Another difference is that women's employment rebounded much more quickly …

High risk that gender inequalities will widen during and after the pandemic is gains in women's and girls' accumulation … of human capital, economic empowerment, and voice and agency, may be reversed if no action is taken. Women labor force … participation is concentrated in activities that are more sensitive to the crisis. Women are concentrated in sectors where they are …