Childcare, COVID-19 and Female Firm Exit: Impact of COVID-19 School Closure Policies on Global Gender Gaps in Business Outcomes

Goldstein, Markus; González, Paula N.; Papineni, Sreelakshmi; Wimpey, Joshua Seth

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-10012

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“…Men started doing more childcare and housework during the pandemic but not to the extent women did and framed their contributions as ‘helping out’ or just something to burn time while they were stuck at home (Carolan 2021; Collins et al 2021). Worldwide, women reduced their paid work hours and exited the labor force in numbers dramatically disproportionate to those of men as mothers sought to manage childcare during school and childcare center closings (Leap, Kelly, and Stalp 2022a; Collins et al 2021; Goldstein et al 2022; Landivar et al 2020; Stefanović 2023). More limited change that preserves existing hierarchies is what Siegel (1996) refers to as “preservation through transformation;” the system and practices of inequality appear to change substantially but leave men in the higher status position.…”

Section: The Third-sphere Of Community Careworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Volunteer COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Makers: Third Sphere Labor, Caring Masculinities, and Redoing Gender

Kelly

Leap

Stalp

2023

Men and Masculinities

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In the opening months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., thousands of volunteer makers stepped up to produce PPE through third sphere labor, volunteer work that emphasizes community maintenance. Drawing on 78 semi-structured interviews and 662 open-ended questionnaires, we consider how third sphere carework could destabilize hierarchies between public, private, and third sphere labor and in the valuation of feminized versus masculinized work. We find women and men makers differed in what they made, but not in their motivations for producing PPE or how they valued the work of other makers. Makers rejected the idea that they should perform such work without any appreciation from third sphere recipients, but private sphere demands limited women makers more than men. Throughout men makers’ efforts, we find ample evidence of caring masculinities as a response to disaster. We conclude with a consideration of what these trends mean for redoing gender and third sphere carework.

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Section: The Third-sphere Of Community Careworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Volunteer COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Makers: Third Sphere Labor, Caring Masculinities, and Redoing Gender

Kelly

Leap

Stalp

2023

Men and Masculinities

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“…Several studies have found that the decline in income among MSMEs run by women is partly due to the low level of digital literacy (Goldstein et al, 2022; UN Women, 2020; OECD and ILO, n.d.; Bennett 2021; OECD, 2019). Previous research shows that the digitalization of MSMEs in Indonesia is still around 21%, while digital market opportunities are increasingly penetrative with the emergence of various platforms (Azizah, 2019).…”

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The Female MSME Practitioners and Digitalization from a Feminist Perspective

Eriyanti,

Ernada,

Moelasy

et al. 2023

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This study is about women SMEs' meaning and use of digital technology. The feminist intersectional approach is used to answer how gender, religion, social class, daily activities, and place of residence shape the characteristics of women SMEs. How do they interpret the business they are running, and what is the urgency of digitization in running their business? Respondents were female SME practitioners from Kangean and Paciran sub-districts selected using snowball sampling. Data analysis was carried out interpretively using a feminist standpoint by including the researcher's knowledge as a reference. The feminist intersectional approach helps identify women SMEs' religiosity and life orientation in the two regions in running their businesses. Furthermore, unlike other studies that find digitalization a necessity in business, this study finds that digitalization is not urgent for their lives. Religiosity and life orientation that are formed from the intersection of many factors around them make SME women do gender. They accept and even believe that developing an SME business is not the main thing in their life. Even digital technology needs to be avoided because it has a negative impact.

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“…Sectors experiencing the most closures globally were travel agencies (54 percent), hospitality industry and event services (47 percent), education and childcare services (45 percent), performing arts and entertainment (36 percent), and hotels, cafes and restaurants (32 percent). Especially, women have been suffered from the income loss and the employment problems because they worked more in sectors suffering from the lockdown and social distancing much more than other sectors (Goldstein, Martinez, Papineni & Wimpey, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

Güney Kore Yerel Yönetiminin Halk Sağlığı ve Sağlıklı Kent Planlama Politikalarının COVID-19 ile Mücadelede Etkisi

ULAŞAN

2023

Kent Akademisi

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COVID-19, which spread all over the world and hit economies hard, caused great damage to the global system. States have tried many ways to overcome the COVID-19 virus using cutting-edge technologies, including quantum computers and artificial intelligence. However, considering the rate of the spread of the COVID-19 virus in states, rather than new technologies, the effectiveness of local governments has emerged. Compared to central governments, local governments have the capacity to effectively manage major crises because they are shaped more in line with the wishes of the people and have the capacity to produce faster solutions. When the local government structure of South Korea is examined, it will be seen that the technological advantage of South Korea progresses in harmony with the local government style and helps to effectively fight against COVID-19. The article analyses the impact of the structural and historical background of local governments in South Korea in the fight against COVID-19, and the contributions of local governments to urban planning and public health, and their roles in combating COVID-19. A qualitative method is used in this study and the aim of the study is to investigate the contributions of local governments in terms of urban planning and public health in combating COVID-19, based on the example of the South Korean local government.

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Childcare, COVID-19 and Female Firm Exit: Impact of COVID-19 School Closure Policies on Global Gender Gaps in Business Outcomes

Cited by 4 publications

References 35 publications

Volunteer COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Makers: Third Sphere Labor, Caring Masculinities, and Redoing Gender

Volunteer COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Makers: Third Sphere Labor, Caring Masculinities, and Redoing Gender

The Female MSME Practitioners and Digitalization from a Feminist Perspective

Güney Kore Yerel Yönetiminin Halk Sağlığı ve Sağlıklı Kent Planlama Politikalarının COVID-19 ile Mücadelede Etkisi

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