Childcare, COVID-19 and Female Firm Exit : Impact of COVID-19 School Closure Policies on Global Gender Gaps in Business Outcomes

Childcare, COVID-19 and Female Firm Exit : Impact of COVID-19 School Closure Policies on Global Gender Gaps in Business Outcomes

This paper estimates the impact of a large negative childcare shock on gender gaps in entrepreneurship using the shock created by national COVID-19 school closure policies. The paper leverages a unique data set of monthly enterprise data collected...

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Main Authors: Goldstein, Markus, Gonzalez, Paula, Papineni, Sreelakshmi, Wimpey, Joshua
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:
COVID-19 JOB LOSS
COVID-19 SCHOOL CLOSURES
BUSINSS OUTCOME GENDER GAPS
MOTHER'S EMPLOYMENT
GENDER
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ECONOMIC GROWTH
FIRM PERFORMANCE
WAGE GAP
INEQUALITY
EMPLOYMENT INEQUITY
GENDER INEQUITY
MOTHERHOOD PENALTY
COVID LABOR MARKET
CHILDCARE
UNPAID DOMESTIC AND CARE WORK
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099801504202219533/IDU09a0b48500e81804d330adf50b3fd02049079
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37328

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