Gender Differences in the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Employment, Unpaid Work and Well-Being in the EU

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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Main Authors: Sanna Nivakoski, Massimiliano Mascherini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2021-10-01
Series:Intereconomics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-021-0994-5
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title Gender Differences in the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Employment, Unpaid Work and Well-Being in the EU
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title_short Gender Differences in the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Employment, Unpaid Work and Well-Being in the EU
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