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Parental Participation in a Pandemic Labor Market

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Gender gaps in labor market outcomes during the pandemic largely reflect differences in parents’ experiences. Labor force participation fell much less for fathers compared with other men and all women at the onset of the pandemic; the recovery has been more pronounced for men and women without children. Meanwhile, labor force participation among mothers declined with the start of the school year. Evidence suggests flexibility in setting work schedules can offset some of the adverse impact on mothers’ employment, while the ability to work from home does not.

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  • Olivia Lofton & Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau & Lily Seitelman, 2021. "Parental Participation in a Pandemic Labor Market," FRBSF Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, vol. 2021(10), pages 01-05, April.
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    1. Gomez-Salvador, Ramon & Soudan, Michel, 2022. "The US labour market after the COVID-19 recession," Occasional Paper Series 298, European Central Bank.

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