Gender Gaps within Couples: Evidence of Time Re-allocations during COVID-19 in Argentina

Autores
Costoya, Victoria; Echeverría, Lucía; Edo, María; Rocha, Ana; Thailinger, Agustina
Año de publicación
2021
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Based on a novel survey for Argentina, this paper provides evidence of the changes in time allocation within couples during the COVID-19 emergency. The survey was conducted online during the period of national lockdown in 2020 and collected information on hours allocated to paid work, housework, child care, educational childcare and leisure by both members of the couple before and during the lockdown, as well as socio-demographic characteristics. Our sample consists of 961 couples of which 785 have children. Our results indicate that during the lockdown, despite a reduction in time assigned to paid work and an increase in time spent in unpaid activities for both members of the couple, gender gaps regarding the latter increased. Specifically, while the load of men and women?s work for pay became more equitable, women took up a larger proportion of the additional housework and childcare. We found that some factors mitigated (whether the man reduced his hours of work or whether both partners kept on doing so) while others potentiated (whether the woman reduced her hours of work, whether she continued working from home, or whether the couple outsourced housework before lockdown) the changes in the within-couple gender gaps in unpaid activities.
Fil: Costoya, Victoria. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina
Fil: Echeverría, Lucía. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Edo, María. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina
Fil: Rocha, Ana. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina
Fil: Thailinger, Agustina. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina
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COVID-19
TIME ALLOCATION
UNPAID WORK
WITHIN-COUPLE GENDER GAPS
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spelling Gender Gaps within Couples: Evidence of Time Re-allocations during COVID-19 in ArgentinaCostoya, VictoriaEcheverría, LucíaEdo, MaríaRocha, AnaThailinger, AgustinaCOVID-19TIME ALLOCATIONUNPAID WORKWITHIN-COUPLE GENDER GAPShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5Based on a novel survey for Argentina, this paper provides evidence of the changes in time allocation within couples during the COVID-19 emergency. The survey was conducted online during the period of national lockdown in 2020 and collected information on hours allocated to paid work, housework, child care, educational childcare and leisure by both members of the couple before and during the lockdown, as well as socio-demographic characteristics. Our sample consists of 961 couples of which 785 have children. Our results indicate that during the lockdown, despite a reduction in time assigned to paid work and an increase in time spent in unpaid activities for both members of the couple, gender gaps regarding the latter increased. Specifically, while the load of men and women?s work for pay became more equitable, women took up a larger proportion of the additional housework and childcare. We found that some factors mitigated (whether the man reduced his hours of work or whether both partners kept on doing so) while others potentiated (whether the woman reduced her hours of work, whether she continued working from home, or whether the couple outsourced housework before lockdown) the changes in the within-couple gender gaps in unpaid activities.Fil: Costoya, Victoria. Universidad de San Andrés; ArgentinaFil: Echeverría, Lucía. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Edo, María. Universidad de San Andrés; ArgentinaFil: Rocha, Ana. Universidad de San Andrés; ArgentinaFil: Thailinger, Agustina. Universidad de San Andrés; ArgentinaSpringer2021-05-21info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/141650Costoya, Victoria; Echeverría, Lucía; Edo, María; Rocha, Ana; Thailinger, Agustina; Gender Gaps within Couples: Evidence of Time Re-allocations during COVID-19 in Argentina; Springer; Journal of Family and Economic Issues; 2021; 21-5-2021; 1-141058-04761573-3475CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10834-021-09770-8info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s10834-021-09770-8info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:47:58Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/141650instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:47:59.042CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gender Gaps within Couples: Evidence of Time Re-allocations during COVID-19 in Argentina
title Gender Gaps within Couples: Evidence of Time Re-allocations during COVID-19 in Argentina
spellingShingle Gender Gaps within Couples: Evidence of Time Re-allocations during COVID-19 in Argentina
Costoya, Victoria
COVID-19
TIME ALLOCATION
UNPAID WORK
WITHIN-COUPLE GENDER GAPS
title_short Gender Gaps within Couples: Evidence of Time Re-allocations during COVID-19 in Argentina
title_full Gender Gaps within Couples: Evidence of Time Re-allocations during COVID-19 in Argentina
title_fullStr Gender Gaps within Couples: Evidence of Time Re-allocations during COVID-19 in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Gender Gaps within Couples: Evidence of Time Re-allocations during COVID-19 in Argentina
title_sort Gender Gaps within Couples: Evidence of Time Re-allocations during COVID-19 in Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Costoya, Victoria
Echeverría, Lucía
Edo, María
Rocha, Ana
Thailinger, Agustina
author Costoya, Victoria
author_facet Costoya, Victoria
Echeverría, Lucía
Edo, María
Rocha, Ana
Thailinger, Agustina
author_role author
author2 Echeverría, Lucía
Edo, María
Rocha, Ana
Thailinger, Agustina
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv COVID-19
TIME ALLOCATION
UNPAID WORK
WITHIN-COUPLE GENDER GAPS
topic COVID-19
TIME ALLOCATION
UNPAID WORK
WITHIN-COUPLE GENDER GAPS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Based on a novel survey for Argentina, this paper provides evidence of the changes in time allocation within couples during the COVID-19 emergency. The survey was conducted online during the period of national lockdown in 2020 and collected information on hours allocated to paid work, housework, child care, educational childcare and leisure by both members of the couple before and during the lockdown, as well as socio-demographic characteristics. Our sample consists of 961 couples of which 785 have children. Our results indicate that during the lockdown, despite a reduction in time assigned to paid work and an increase in time spent in unpaid activities for both members of the couple, gender gaps regarding the latter increased. Specifically, while the load of men and women?s work for pay became more equitable, women took up a larger proportion of the additional housework and childcare. We found that some factors mitigated (whether the man reduced his hours of work or whether both partners kept on doing so) while others potentiated (whether the woman reduced her hours of work, whether she continued working from home, or whether the couple outsourced housework before lockdown) the changes in the within-couple gender gaps in unpaid activities.
Fil: Costoya, Victoria. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina
Fil: Echeverría, Lucía. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata; Argentina. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Edo, María. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina
Fil: Rocha, Ana. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina
Fil: Thailinger, Agustina. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina
description Based on a novel survey for Argentina, this paper provides evidence of the changes in time allocation within couples during the COVID-19 emergency. The survey was conducted online during the period of national lockdown in 2020 and collected information on hours allocated to paid work, housework, child care, educational childcare and leisure by both members of the couple before and during the lockdown, as well as socio-demographic characteristics. Our sample consists of 961 couples of which 785 have children. Our results indicate that during the lockdown, despite a reduction in time assigned to paid work and an increase in time spent in unpaid activities for both members of the couple, gender gaps regarding the latter increased. Specifically, while the load of men and women?s work for pay became more equitable, women took up a larger proportion of the additional housework and childcare. We found that some factors mitigated (whether the man reduced his hours of work or whether both partners kept on doing so) while others potentiated (whether the woman reduced her hours of work, whether she continued working from home, or whether the couple outsourced housework before lockdown) the changes in the within-couple gender gaps in unpaid activities.
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