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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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.

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