The nature and scale of the shocks to the demand for, and the supply of, home childcare
during the COVID-19 pandemic provide a unique opportunity to increase our understanding …

This paper provides novel empirical evidence on the effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on
the division of labour between parents of school‐aged children in two‐parent opposite …

Parental time with children leads to posive child outcomes. Some studies have reported a
posive educational gradient: More educated parents devote more time to children than other …

The myriad hours and considerable effort expended by women in unpaid labor at home can
have profound effects on their mental, physical, relational, vocational, and economic health …

The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men
and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of …

Mothers tend to receive lower wages than comparable childless women. This 'motherhood
wage gap'has been reported in numerous studies. We summarize the existing empirical …

In the past four decades, women have made major inroads into occupations previously
dominated by men. This paper examines whether occupational feminization is accompanied …

This article examines whether reducing care and housework duties and redistributing them
within different-sex couples could further enhance gender equality on the labor market in …

Does housework reduce the market wage, and if so, does it have a similar impact for males
and females? In this paper, we survey and evaluate the recent and growing empirical …

This paper explores the gender gap in time allocation in European countries, offering a
comparison of the 2000s and the 2010s, along with an explanation of the documented …