The effects of Covid-19 on couples’ job tenures: Mothers have it worse

Cristina Lafuente; Astrid Ruland; Raül Santaeulàlia-Llopis; Ludo Visschers

doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2023.102404

The effects of Covid-19 on couples’ job tenures: Mothers have it worse

Cristina Lafuente, Astrid Ruland, Raül Santaeulàlia-Llopis, Ludo Visschers

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We study the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the employment contracts and job tenures of couples, and how these are shaped by gender and the presence of children. Using the Spanish Labour Force Survey, we find that women with children have suffered relatively larger losses of higher-duration, permanent jobs since the pandemic than men or women without children. These losses emerge approximately one year after the onset of the pandemic and persist, even though the aggregate male and female employment rate has recovered. Our results point to potential labour market scars, in particular, for mothers, that hide behind standard aggregate employment measures.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	102404
Journal	Labour Economics
Volume	83
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2023.102404
State	Published - Aug 2023

Keywords

Covid-19
Dual labour markets
Gender
Job tenure distributions
Parenthood
Permanent jobs

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Economics and Econometrics
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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