Sevilla, A;
Amuedo-Dorantes, C;
Marcén, M;
Morales, M;
(2020)
COVID-19 School Closures and Parental Labor Supply in the United States.
(IZA Discussion Papers
13827).
Institute of Labor Economics: Bonn, Germany.
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Abstract
We examine the role of school closures in contributing to the negative labor market impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. We collect detailed daily information on school closures at the school-district level, which we merge to individual level data on various employment and socio- demographic characteristics from the monthly Current Population Survey from January 2019 through May 2020. Using a difference-in-differences estimation approach, we gauge how the intensity of school closures affects the labor supply of mothers and fathers of young school-age children. We find evidence of non-negligible labor supply reductions, particularly among mothers. These impacts prove robust to endogeneity checks and persist after accounting for other social-distancing measures in place.
Type: | Working / discussion paper |
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Title: | COVID-19 School Closures and Parental Labor Supply in the United States |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
Publisher version: | https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/13827/covid-19... |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | COVID-19, school closures, parental labor supply, United States |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10114241 |
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