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
2022
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inglés
Tipo de recurso
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Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
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. CEDH; Argentina.
Fil: Echeverría, Lucía. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales; Argentina.
Fil: Edo, María. Universidad de San Andrés. CEDH; Argentina.
Fil: Rocha, Ana. Universidad de San Andrés. CEDH; Argentina.
Fil: Thailinger, Agustina. Universidad de San Andrés. CEDH; Argentina.
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Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 43, 213-226. ISSN 1058-0476. 10.1007/s10834-021-09770-8
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Distribución del Tiempo
Brecha de Género
Aislamiento Social
COVID-19
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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
Distribución del Tiempo
Brecha de Género
Aislamiento Social
COVID-19
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 Distribución del Tiempo
Brecha de Género
Aislamiento Social
COVID-19
topic Distribución del Tiempo
Brecha de Género
Aislamiento Social
COVID-19
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. CEDH; Argentina.
Fil: Echeverría, Lucía. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales; Argentina.
Fil: Edo, María. Universidad de San Andrés. CEDH; Argentina.
Fil: Rocha, Ana. Universidad de San Andrés. CEDH; Argentina.
Fil: Thailinger, Agustina. Universidad de San Andrés. CEDH; 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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