empirically investigate the dynamics and drivers of gender gaps in employment rates, wages and workhours during the pandemic … experienced a major decline in their employment rate and workhours, as well as gender segregation in the most affected industries …. Relying on Estonian Labour Force Survey data, we document that the pandemic has, if anything, reduced gender inequality in all …

This paper examines how the COVID-19 pandemic affected female employment in Japan. Our estimates indicate that the … progress in narrowing the employment gender gap. … employment rate of married women with children decreased by 4 percentage points, while that of those without children decreased …

, we investigate the probability of female employment during the lockdown period between March and May 2020. Based on … gender and needs commensurate interventions. …