that, between earlier in 2020 before the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic and June 2020, women had increased childcare … and housework more than men. Neither the gender gaps in COVID-19-related health and economic concerns nor the gender gaps … in the increase in hours of childcare and housework can be accounted for by a rich set of control variables. Instead, we …

work done by parents. There is much speculation over whether the pandemic increased or decreased gender equality in …

provides empirical evidence that parental time investments, defined as the amount of time parents spend participating in … activities with their child, change differentially by child gender following a transition from a two-parent to single … previously documented gender gaps in non-cognitive skills for those in single-mother households. Boys lose an estimated …

In many countries, a significant share of the gender earnings gap stems not only from firm's practices, or self … leave, state-funded childcare for young children, extended school hours, and individual taxation. For each, we provide a …

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

It is recognized that employment policies must grant flexibility to the working schedules to allow parents to reconcile … work flexibility on parental time with children. The analysis unambiguously shows that it allows parents to spend about 30 …