Mecila Working Papers | Patrizia Kolb: The Impact of the Corona Crisis on the Gender Gap in Care Work And Housework

São Paulo: Mecila 2024 (Working Paper Series, No. 64).

• The paper investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected unpaid care work and housework in Berlin, focusing on gender differences.

• Women, especially mothers, have taken on more unpaid work during the pandemic, exacerbating existing gender inequalities.

• Socioeconomic factors like income and employment status play a role in shaping the distribution of unpaid labor, and pandemic measures have reinforced traditional gender roles, despite prior efforts for gender equality.

• The paper advocates for policies to address these disparities and promote a fairer division of unpaid work.

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