The effects of Covid-19 on couples’ job tenures: Mothers have it worse
利用西班牙劳动力调查数据，研究发现有孩子的女性在疫情后比男性或无子女女性更可能失去长期稳定工作，且这种影响在疫情一年后显现并持续，暗示母亲劳动力市场可能留下长期伤痕。
We study the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the employment contracts and job tenures of couples, and how these are shaped by gender and the presence of children. Using the Spanish Labour Force Survey, we find that women with children have suffered relatively larger losses of higher-duration, permanent jobs since the pandemic than men or women without children. These losses emerge approximately one year after the onset of the pandemic and persist, even though the aggregate male and female employment rate has recovered. Our results point to potential labour market scars, in particular, for mothers, that hide behind standard aggregate employment measures.