abstract: 'ObjectiveThis study examines the re-employment prospects and short-term

  career consequences for mothers and fathers who lost their jobs during

  the COVID-19 pandemic. BackgroundThe pandemic recession has been dubbed

  a ``shecession,{''''} but few studies have explored whether mothers paid a

  higher or lower price upon labor market re-entry than fathers.

  MethodThis study draws on March 2020-December 2022 Current Population

  Survey data and focuses on partnered parents with children under age 13

  in the household. Exploiting four-month panels, we use multi-level

  discrete-time event history models to predict re-employment and linear

  regression models to predict job-level wage upon re-employment, while

  controlling for a wide array of factors. ResultsPartnered fathers were

  more likely than partnered mothers to find re-employment during the

  pandemic. The gender gap in re-employment was concentrated only among

  parents without a bachelor''s degree and persisted when all controls were

  held constant. Moreover, upon re-employment, fathers had higher

  job-level wages than mothers, which was consistent across educational

  levels. Even with the same job-level wage before labor market exit,

  mothers were penalized on re-entry relative to fathers and this penalty

  was rooted in gendered job segregation. ConclusionThis study extends

  previous research by analyzing re-employment and a critical material

  outcome for parents (i.e., job-level wage upon re-employment) during the

  entire pandemic, including the ``new normal{''''} (late 2022). The results

  reveal the intersectional inequalities in family and work: Compared to

  fathers, mothers, particularly less-educated mothers, paid a higher

  price for their time out of work during the pandemic.'
affiliation: 'Qian, Y (Corresponding Author), Univ British Columbia Vancouver, Dept
  Sociol, 6303 NW Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.

  Qian, Yue, Univ British Columbia, Dept Sociol, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

  Glauber, Rebecca, Univ New Hampshire, Dept Sociol, Durham, NH USA.

  Yavorsky, Jill E., Univ North Carolina Charlotte, Dept Sociol, Charlotte, NC USA.

  Qian, Yue, Univ British Columbia Vancouver, Dept Sociol, 6303 NW Marine Dr, Vancouver,
  BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.'
author: Qian, Yue and Glauber, Rebecca and Yavorsky, Jill E.
author-email: yue.qian@ubc.ca
author_list:
- family: Qian
  given: Yue
- family: Glauber
  given: Rebecca
- family: Yavorsky
  given: Jill E.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/jomf.12927
earlyaccessdate: JUN 2023
eissn: 1741-3737
files: []
issn: 0022-2445
journal: JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
keywords: 'families and work; gender; income or wages; labor force participation;

  labor market; parenting and parenthood'
keywords-plus: 'WAGE GAP; MOTHERHOOD; TRENDS; SEGREGATION; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR; WORK;

  CONSEQUENCES; OVERWORK; PENALTY'
language: English
month: 2023 JUN 30
number-of-cited-references: '67'
orcid-numbers: 'Qian, Yue/0000-0003-2120-5403

  Glauber, Rebecca/0000-0003-2397-576X'
papis_id: cf46a280e9d2d47248acc034921b63eb
ref: Qian2023covid19job
times-cited: '0'
title: 'COVID-19 job loss and re-employment among partnered parents: Gender and educational
  variations'
type: Article; Early Access
unique-id: WOS:001020077300001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '1'
web-of-science-categories: Family Studies; Sociology
year: '2023'