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The gender gap in academic productivity during the pandemic: Is childcare responsible?

Simone Chinetti

IZA Journal of Labor Economics2023https://doi.org/10.2478/izajole-2023-0007article
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Abstract

I investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent surge in childcare demand on the research productivity of female economics. Using data from SSRN and a Difference-in-Differences approach, I show that around the timing of confinements, the gender production gap widens by around 20 percentage points, an adverse effect persisting up to 4 months later the beginning of social restriction measures. Declines in production, however, vanish during the school re-opening period suggesting a prominent role in childcare demand.

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@article{simone2023,
  title        = {{The gender gap in academic productivity during the pandemic: Is childcare responsible?}},
  author       = {Simone Chinetti},
  journal      = {IZA Journal of Labor Economics},
  year         = {2023},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2478/izajole-2023-0007},
}

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0.41

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.16 × 0.4 = 0.06
M · momentum0.80 × 0.15 = 0.12
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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