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COVID-19, Childcare and Women’s Labor Supply (Covid-19 Special Issue)

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  • Jisun Baek () and ()

    (KDI School of Public Policy and Management)

  • WooRam Park

    (Sookmyung Women’s University)

Abstract

We examine whether the impacts of COVID-19 on labor supply differ across women with different degrees of childcare burden during the initial stage of the pandemic in South Korea. To identify the effect of the outbreak, we exploit the fact that the first wave of the outbreak in South Korea was concentrated in a specific region due to a largescale religious gathering. Utilizing the Local Area Labour Force Survey, we find that the negative impact was larger for women with young children than for women without young children. Specifically, our preferred specification suggests the employment rate of women with young children decreased by 3.9 percentage points more than that of women without young children due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Women with young children also reduced weekly working hours more than their counterparts without young children. Unlike women, the impacts of COVID-19 on the labor supply among men with and without young children were not different.

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  • Jisun Baek () and () & WooRam Park, 2022. "COVID-19, Childcare and Women’s Labor Supply (Covid-19 Special Issue)," Korean Economic Review, Korean Economic Association, vol. 38, pages 323-345.
    • Handle: RePEc:kea:keappr:ker-20220401-38-2-04
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; Labor Supply; Gender; Childcare;
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    JEL classification:

    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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