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Gender and employment during COVID-19: The evidence for 'she-cessions'

Francesca Caselli of the IMF talks to Tim Phillips about evidence for the extent and persistence of pandemic-induced she-cessions, drawing on quarterly data from 38 advanced and emerging market economies, which uncovers significant heterogeneity across countries. In two-thirds of the countries studied, women’s employment rates declined more than men’s, but the differences were short-lived – lasting only a quarter or two on average – and strongly correlated to specific sectors of the economy.

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Topics:  Gender [5]

Tags:  she-cession [6], COVID-19 [7], employment [8], women [9]

Source URL: https://voxeu.org/content/gender-and-employment-during-covid-19-evidence-she-cessions

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[1] https://voxeu.org/article/cross-country-evidence-covid-19-she-cessions
[2] https://voxeu.org/article/impact-covid-19-childcare-closures-and-women-s-labour-supply
[3] https://voxeu.org/article/shecession-she-recession-2020-causes-and-consequences
[4] https://voxeu.org/article/large-and-unequal-impact-covid-19-workers
[5] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/gender
[6] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/12237
[7] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/10874
[8] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/28
[9] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/2589