abstract: 'The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected employment, particularly

  for mothers. Many believe that the loss of childcare and homeschooling

  requirements are key contributors to this trend, but previous work has

  been unable to test these hypotheses due to data limitations. This study

  uses novel data from 989 partnered, US parents to empirically examine

  whether the loss of childcare and new homeschooling demands are

  associated with employment outcomes early in the pandemic. We also

  consider whether the division of childcare prior to the pandemic is

  associated with parents'' employment. For parents with young children,

  the loss of full-time childcare was associated with an increased risk of

  unemployment for mothers but not fathers. Yet, father involvement in

  childcare substantially buffered against negative employment outcomes

  for mothers of young children. For parents with school-age children,

  participation in homeschooling was associated with adverse employment

  outcomes for mothers but not fathers. Overall, this study provides

  empirical support for the current discourse on gender differences in

  employment during the pandemic and also highlights the role fathers can

  play in buffering against reduced labor force participation among

  mothers.'
affiliation: 'Petts, RJ (Corresponding Author), Ball State Univ, Dept Sociol, Muncie,
  IN 47306 USA.

  Petts, Richard J., Ball State Univ, Dept Sociol, Muncie, IN 47306 USA.

  Carlson, Daniel L., Univ Utah, Dept Family \& Consumer Sci, Salt Lake City, UT USA.

  Pepin, Joanna R., SUNY Buffalo, Dept Sociol, Buffalo, NY USA.'
author: Petts, Richard J. and Carlson, Daniel L. and Pepin, Joanna R.
author-email: rjpetts@bsu.edu
author_list:
- family: Petts
  given: Richard J.
- family: Carlson
  given: Daniel L.
- family: Pepin
  given: Joanna R.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/gwao.12614
earlyaccessdate: JAN 2021
eissn: 1468-0432
esi-highly-cited-paper: Y
esi-hot-paper: N
files: []
issn: 0968-6673
journal: GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION
keywords: childcare; COVID19; division of labor; employment; homeschooling
keywords-plus: 'WORK; REVOLUTION; WOMENS; FAMILY; INVOLVEMENT; SEGREGATION; INEQUALITY;

  FRAMEWORK; DIVISION; OVERWORK'
language: English
month: JUL
number: 2, SI
number-of-cited-references: '73'
orcid-numbers: Pepin, Joanna/0000-0002-3134-2121
pages: 515-534
papis_id: 8f0d71045c635af54861afe4aebfb55c
ref: Petts2021genderedpandemic
researcherid-numbers: 'Carlson, Daniel/GWU-9165-2022

  Li, Lea/ITU-1511-2023

  '
times-cited: '177'
title: 'A gendered pandemic: Childcare, homeschooling, and parents'' employment during
  COVID-19'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000607162600001
usage-count-last-180-days: '9'
usage-count-since-2013: '72'
volume: '28'
web-of-science-categories: Management; Women's Studies
year: '2021'