Gender Differences in the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Employment, Unpaid Work and Well-Being in the EU
Sanna Nivakoski, Massimiliano Mascherini
Abstract
Unpaid work carried out inside the home has increased in the pandemic, and evidence points to women's share in care responsibilities and domestic tasks remaining higher than those of men in the pandemic, continuing the gender divides of past decades.
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PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Unpaid workWork (physics)Social policy2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Demographic economicsPolitical scienceLabour economicsBusinessEconomic growthEconomicsMedicineVirologyPathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)LawEngineeringOutbreakDiseaseMechanical engineeringEmployment and Welfare StudiesCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsWork-Family Balance Challenges