Does the coronavirus pandemic level the gender inequality curve? (It doesn’t)

Kristal, Tali; Yaish, Meir

doi:10.1016/j.rssm.2020.100520

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“…As many countries start to ease and lift lockdown measures, it will also be crucial to examine intersectional inequalities in people’s long-term trajectory of (economic) recovery. Furthermore, this research urges policy makers and practitioners to develop initiatives not only to protect members of BAME and migrant groups from the adverse economic impact of the pandemic, but also to ensure racial justice as well as broader social justice ( Kristal & Yaish, 2020 ; Qian & Fan, 2020 ) in the design and delivery of social protection and welfare provision during these challenging times.…”

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Intersecting ethnic and native–migrant inequalities in the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK

2020

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

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Analyzing new nationwide data from the Understanding Society COVID-19 survey ( N = 10,336), this research examines intersecting ethnic and native–migrant inequalities in the impact of COVID-19 on people’s economic well-being in the UK. The results show that compared with UK-born white British, black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) migrants in the UK are more likely to experience job loss during the COVID-19 lockdown, while BAME natives are less likely to enjoy employment protection such as furloughing. Although UK-born white British are more likely to reduce their work hours during the COVID-19 pandemic than BAME migrants, they are less likely to experience income loss and face increased financial hardship during the pandemic than BAME migrants. The findings show that the pandemic exacerbates entrenched socio-economic inequalities along intersecting ethnic and native–migrant lines. They urge governments and policy makers to place racial justice at the center of policy developments in response to the pandemic.

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Intersecting ethnic and native–migrant inequalities in the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK

2020

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“…The contrasting position of women and men deserves a comment, too. The negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic outbreak on equality (Bernardi, 2020), and particularly on gender equality, is recognized, although few detailed data are currently available (Kristal and Yaish, 2020). Data from the World Economic Forum (Hutt, 2020) show that women are responsible for the so-called unpaid care work three times more than men; it is likely that the care of children, the elderly, and other vulnerable groups was mostly provided by women also during the lockdown.…”

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The Meaning of Living in the Time of COVID-19. A Large Sample Narrative Inquiry

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“…On the other hand, the economic downturn led companies to downsize or forced them into bankruptcy, which for many employees meant working fewer hours or for partial pay or losing their jobs entirely (Adams-Prassl et al 2020;Béland et al 2020;Brodeur et al 2020;Coibion et al 2020;Gupta et al 2020). Emerging evidence suggests that women have been affected more severely by these developments (Adams-Prassl et al 2020;Collins et al 2020;Cowan 2020;Farre et al 2020;Frodermann et al 2020;Kristal and Yaish 2020;Montenovo et al 2020).…”

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“…First, we analyze how men's and women's employment status, their working hours, and their working arrangements (main place of work) changed during the pandemic. While previous work has focused on these outcomes (Adams-Prassl et al 2020;Collins et al 2020;Cowan 2020;Farre et al 2020;Frodermann et al 2020;Kristal and Yaish 2020;Montenovo et al 2020), no prior investigation considered and contrasted all three over the same sample for the countries we analyze. Second, we focus on people who experienced such transitions in their household to study the association between these transitions and gender-role attitudes.…”

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The impact of COVID-19 on gender inequality in the labor market and gender-role attitudes

2020

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COVID-19 and ensuing changes in mobility have altered employment relations for millions of people across the globe. Emerging evidence shows that women may be more severely affected by this change. The pandemic, however, may have an impact beyond the immediate restructuring of employment and shift gender-role attitudes within households as a result of changes in the division of household labor. We analyze a representative sample of respondents in the U.S., Germany, and Singapore and show that transitions to unemployment, reductions in working hours and transitions to working from home have been more frequent for women than for menalthough not to the same extent across the three countries. We also demonstrate that among couples who had been employed at the start of the pandemic, men express more egalitarian gender-role attitudes if they became unemployed but their partners remained employed, while women express more traditional attitudes if they became unemployed and their partners remained employed. These results indicate that gender-role attitudes might adapt to the lived realities. The long-term consequences will depend on how both men and women experience further shifts in their employment relations as economies recover.

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Does the coronavirus pandemic level the gender inequality curve? (It doesn’t)

Cited by 123 publications

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Intersecting ethnic and native–migrant inequalities in the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK

Intersecting ethnic and native–migrant inequalities in the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK

The Meaning of Living in the Time of COVID-19. A Large Sample Narrative Inquiry

The impact of COVID-19 on gender inequality in the labor market and gender-role attitudes

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