The impact of COVID-19 in the allocation of time within couples. Evidence for Argentina

Autores
Costoya, Victoria; Echeverría, Lucía; Edo, María; Rocha, Ana; Thailinger, Agustina
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
documento de trabajo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown policies on gender gaps remains unclear. While some studies point to equalizing factors (domestic work becomes more visible, flexible remote work arrangements expand) others highlight the potentially inequitable effects associated to women increasing their already disproportionate burden regarding housework and childcare. This paper provides evidence for Argentina. Based on a novel survey, we track changes in time allocation patterns of couples, before and during lockdown. Our results indicate that on average men allocate more time to paid work and less time to unpaid work (housework, childcare, educational support) than women. These within-couple gender gaps suffered opposite changes during lockdown: while the former reduces, the latter increases. However, given the fact that changes in paid work may be driven by more external forces linked to the labor market while modifications in unpaid work allocation probably reflect results of bargaining processes within couples, the latter may probably have longer lasting consequences.
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.
Materia
Distribución del Tiempo
Actividad no Remunerada
Trabajo Doméstico
Brecha de Género
Aislamiento Social
COVID-19
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The impact of COVID-19 in the allocation of time within couples. Evidence for Argentina
title The impact of COVID-19 in the allocation of time within couples. Evidence for Argentina
spellingShingle The impact of COVID-19 in the allocation of time within couples. Evidence for Argentina
Costoya, Victoria
Distribución del Tiempo
Actividad no Remunerada
Trabajo Doméstico
Brecha de Género
Aislamiento Social
COVID-19
title_short The impact of COVID-19 in the allocation of time within couples. Evidence for Argentina
title_full The impact of COVID-19 in the allocation of time within couples. Evidence for Argentina
title_fullStr The impact of COVID-19 in the allocation of time within couples. Evidence for Argentina
title_full_unstemmed The impact of COVID-19 in the allocation of time within couples. Evidence for Argentina
title_sort The impact of COVID-19 in the allocation of time within couples. Evidence for 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
Actividad no Remunerada
Trabajo Doméstico
Brecha de Género
Aislamiento Social
COVID-19
topic Distribución del Tiempo
Actividad no Remunerada
Trabajo Doméstico
Brecha de Género
Aislamiento Social
COVID-19
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown policies on gender gaps remains unclear. While some studies point to equalizing factors (domestic work becomes more visible, flexible remote work arrangements expand) others highlight the potentially inequitable effects associated to women increasing their already disproportionate burden regarding housework and childcare. This paper provides evidence for Argentina. Based on a novel survey, we track changes in time allocation patterns of couples, before and during lockdown. Our results indicate that on average men allocate more time to paid work and less time to unpaid work (housework, childcare, educational support) than women. These within-couple gender gaps suffered opposite changes during lockdown: while the former reduces, the latter increases. However, given the fact that changes in paid work may be driven by more external forces linked to the labor market while modifications in unpaid work allocation probably reflect results of bargaining processes within couples, the latter may probably have longer lasting consequences.
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 The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown policies on gender gaps remains unclear. While some studies point to equalizing factors (domestic work becomes more visible, flexible remote work arrangements expand) others highlight the potentially inequitable effects associated to women increasing their already disproportionate burden regarding housework and childcare. This paper provides evidence for Argentina. Based on a novel survey, we track changes in time allocation patterns of couples, before and during lockdown. Our results indicate that on average men allocate more time to paid work and less time to unpaid work (housework, childcare, educational support) than women. These within-couple gender gaps suffered opposite changes during lockdown: while the former reduces, the latter increases. However, given the fact that changes in paid work may be driven by more external forces linked to the labor market while modifications in unpaid work allocation probably reflect results of bargaining processes within couples, the latter may probably have longer lasting consequences.
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