Abstract
During the recovery, investing in gender equality is essential: it will lead directly to higher GDP and indirectly to increase human capital and promote a sustainable society.Or Women as economic agents may themselves have an impact on policies: the changing role of women in families and societies and their greater representation in decision making positions contribute to focusing and redirecting the policy agenda toward items that ultimately reduce gender gaps.
Highlights
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives of women and men around the world
Women have taken on a disproportionate amount of uncompensated childcare work, even if enforced lockdowns have meant that men have increased their household participation in comparison to the years prior to the pandemic. This re-arrangement of family relations represents an opportunity for change in the future in which household and childcare tasks could become more divided and permit women to increase their participation in the labour market
This paper examines the main dimensions of gender inequalities before the pandemic and their evolution during the COVID-19 crisis
Summary
Gender Equality and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Labour Market, Family Relationships and Public Policy. Women have taken on a disproportionate amount of uncompensated childcare work, even if enforced lockdowns have meant that men have increased their household participation in comparison to the years prior to the pandemic This re-arrangement of family relations represents an opportunity for change in the future in which household and childcare tasks could become more divided and permit women to increase their participation in the labour market. This paper examines the main dimensions of gender inequalities before the pandemic and their evolution during the COVID-19 crisis It focuses on Europe and identifies three different main interrelated dimensions: labour market, family relationships – namely, how COVID-19 affected the unpaid care burden and living conditions of working parents – and public policies that could help achieve a more gender-equal recovery
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