Gender and Employment in the COVID-19 Recession: Evidence on “She-cessions”
IMF Working Papers, March 31, 2021
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Bibliographic details
- Authors: John C Bluedorn, Francesca Caselli, Niels-Jakob H Hansen, Ippei Shibata, Marina Mendes Tavares
- Published: March 31, 2021
- Series: IMF Working Papers
Sample and scope
- Quarterly sample of 38 advanced and emerging market economies.
- Paper length: 24 pages.
- Series: Working Paper No. 2021/095; Issue: 095; Volume: 2021.
- ISBN: 9781513575926; ISSN: 1018-5941.
- Authors: John C Bluedorn, Francesca Caselli, Niels-Jakob H Hansen, Ippei Shibata, Marina Mendes Tavares.
- Date: March 31, 2021.
Core findings
- Early pandemic evidence indicated women’s employment fell disproportionately, prompting the label “she-cession.”
- There is a large degree of heterogeneity across countries:
- Over half to two-thirds of countries exhibit larger declines in women’s than men’s employment rates.
- The gender differences in COVID-19’s effects are typically short-lived:
- Lasting only a quarter or two on average.
- She-cessions are strongly related to COVID-19’s impacts on gender shares in employment within sectors.
Subject and keywords
- Subject: Employment, Employment rate, Gender, Gender inequality, Labor, Labor markets, Women.
- Keywords: COVID-19 recession, Employment, Employment rate, Gender, gender gap change, Gender inequality, Global, labor force participation contribution, labor market change, Labor markets, sectoral employment, sectoral workforce composition, Women.
Publication identifiers and access
- Series: IMF Working Papers.
- Stock No: WPIEA2021095.
- DOI: ---.
IMF Working Paper: "Gender and Employment in the COVID-19 Recession: Evidence on “She-cessions”", John C Bluedorn et al., March 31, 2021.
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