mothers and fathers. The Australian 2009 Fair Work Act explicitly entitled parents of young children to request a (reasonable …

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 … burden fell on women, who were already doing most of the housework before the lockdown. Overall, we find that the covid-19 …

. Comparing how parental caregiving time varies by gender and use of nonparental childcare arrangements, we find that new … constraints on nonparental childcare arrangements during the pandemic have potentially increased the gender difference in parental … nonparental childcare arrangements in Turkey-care of children by grandparents and nannies-became undesirable due to health …

this paper, we document the gender division of work, drawing on a new harmonized data set that provides us with high …

gender division of housework may be due to cultural differences. We find that the higher the culture of gender equality in … housework and childcare as household labor. Our work is extended by examining how culture operates and is transmitted. We study … of gender equality is associated with greater probability that individuals report performing housework when they are with …

revealed the presence of gender asymmetries stemming from men having experienced disproportionately high job losses. In this … role in explaining the gender differences in unpaid work time changes. In turn, varied shifts in the household structure …

amount of time parents spend with their children reading, playing or teaching them new things. We account for employment … status of parents, their socio-economic status and social and cultural norms they share. Our results show that employment … status of parents and their working time arrangements are not statistically significant for the amount of parental 'quality …