Gender gaps from labor market shocks
利用丹麦工厂倒闭数据，研究发现女性在失业后两年内面临更高的失业风险和更大的收入损失，其中一半的性别差距无法由人力资本差异解释，而儿童照护是重要障碍。
Job loss leads to persistent adverse labor market outcomes, but assessments of gender differences in labor market recovery are lacking. We utilize plant closures in Denmark to estimate gender gaps in labor market outcomes and document that women face an increased risk of unemployment and lose a larger share of their earnings in the two years following job displacement. When accounting for observable differences in human capital across men and women, half of the gender gap in unemployment remains. In a standard decomposition framework, we document that childcare imposes an important barrier to women’s labor market recovery regardless of individual characteristics.