Navigating educational disruptions: the gender divide in parental involvement and children’s learning outcomes

Autores
Ciaschi, Matías Omar; Fajardo-Gonzalez, Johanna; Viollaz, Mariana
Año de publicación
2024
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Descripción
This study analyzes the adjustment in time allocation to school support activities by mothers and fathers during the pandemic across 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries, exploring the repercussions on labor market outcomes and children’s learning losses. Our analysis reveals that mothers experienced a disproportionate increase in time dedicated to children’s educational support compared to fathers, particularly when mothers could work from home. The results suggest that these effects were more pronounced in countries with stringent school closure measures and limited access to in-person instruction. Even as mobility restrictions eased and schools reopened, the additional responsibilities taken on by mothers remained above pre-pandemic levels. Mothers also significantly increased the time spent on non-educational childcare, though to a lesser extent than educational support. We also show evidence indicating a decline in maternal labor force participation and a rise in flexible labor arrangements as mothers allocated more hours to child-related duties. Our study also provides descriptive evidence that children’s learning losses were less severe in countries where the gender disparity in pandemicrelated school support was greater.
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales
Materia
Ciencias Económicas
Time Use
Childcare
Labor
Pandemic
Latin America
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Navigating educational disruptions: the gender divide in parental involvement and children’s learning outcomes
title Navigating educational disruptions: the gender divide in parental involvement and children’s learning outcomes
spellingShingle Navigating educational disruptions: the gender divide in parental involvement and children’s learning outcomes
Ciaschi, Matías Omar
Ciencias Económicas
Time Use
Childcare
Labor
Pandemic
Latin America
title_short Navigating educational disruptions: the gender divide in parental involvement and children’s learning outcomes
title_full Navigating educational disruptions: the gender divide in parental involvement and children’s learning outcomes
title_fullStr Navigating educational disruptions: the gender divide in parental involvement and children’s learning outcomes
title_full_unstemmed Navigating educational disruptions: the gender divide in parental involvement and children’s learning outcomes
title_sort Navigating educational disruptions: the gender divide in parental involvement and children’s learning outcomes
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ciaschi, Matías Omar
Fajardo-Gonzalez, Johanna
Viollaz, Mariana
author Ciaschi, Matías Omar
author_facet Ciaschi, Matías Omar
Fajardo-Gonzalez, Johanna
Viollaz, Mariana
author_role author
author2 Fajardo-Gonzalez, Johanna
Viollaz, Mariana
author2_role author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
Time Use
Childcare
Labor
Pandemic
Latin America
topic Ciencias Económicas
Time Use
Childcare
Labor
Pandemic
Latin America
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This study analyzes the adjustment in time allocation to school support activities by mothers and fathers during the pandemic across 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries, exploring the repercussions on labor market outcomes and children’s learning losses. Our analysis reveals that mothers experienced a disproportionate increase in time dedicated to children’s educational support compared to fathers, particularly when mothers could work from home. The results suggest that these effects were more pronounced in countries with stringent school closure measures and limited access to in-person instruction. Even as mobility restrictions eased and schools reopened, the additional responsibilities taken on by mothers remained above pre-pandemic levels. Mothers also significantly increased the time spent on non-educational childcare, though to a lesser extent than educational support. We also show evidence indicating a decline in maternal labor force participation and a rise in flexible labor arrangements as mothers allocated more hours to child-related duties. Our study also provides descriptive evidence that children’s learning losses were less severe in countries where the gender disparity in pandemicrelated school support was greater.
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales
description This study analyzes the adjustment in time allocation to school support activities by mothers and fathers during the pandemic across 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries, exploring the repercussions on labor market outcomes and children’s learning losses. Our analysis reveals that mothers experienced a disproportionate increase in time dedicated to children’s educational support compared to fathers, particularly when mothers could work from home. The results suggest that these effects were more pronounced in countries with stringent school closure measures and limited access to in-person instruction. Even as mobility restrictions eased and schools reopened, the additional responsibilities taken on by mothers remained above pre-pandemic levels. Mothers also significantly increased the time spent on non-educational childcare, though to a lesser extent than educational support. We also show evidence indicating a decline in maternal labor force participation and a rise in flexible labor arrangements as mothers allocated more hours to child-related duties. Our study also provides descriptive evidence that children’s learning losses were less severe in countries where the gender disparity in pandemicrelated school support was greater.
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