Gender roles and safety of women at home in the COVID-19 era: evidence from 101 countries

IF 1.4 Q3 ECONOMICS

International Review of Applied Economics Pub Date : 2022-09-02 DOI:10.1080/02692171.2022.2117283

Michael Batu, Bosu Seo

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This study analyzes the impact of travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the safety of women at home, and on home production responsibilities. We use Google’s community mobility reports to measure changes in travel patterns and Facebook’s Survey on Gender Equality at Home to measure changes in home production and safety at home during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic for 101 countries. We uncover two key findings: first, travel restrictions increase the percentage of women who felt unsafe at home, and second, travel restrictions lead to a rise in home production for both sexes, with men bearing much of the increase. We discuss the implications of these results for policies to support women and girls during pandemics.

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COVID-19时代的性别角色和妇女在家中的安全:来自101个国家的证据

摘要本研究分析了新冠肺炎大流行导致的旅行限制对女性在家安全和家庭生产责任的影响。我们使用谷歌的社区流动报告来衡量旅行模式的变化，并使用脸书的家庭性别平等调查来衡量101个国家在第一波新冠肺炎大流行期间家庭生产和家庭安全的变化。我们发现了两个关键发现：第一，旅行限制增加了女性在家感到不安全的比例，第二，旅行限制导致两性在家生产的增加，其中男性承担了大部分增加。我们讨论了这些结果对在流行病期间支持妇女和女孩的政策的影响。

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International Review of Applied Economics ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

4.50%

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期刊介绍： International Review of Applied Economics is devoted to the practical applications of economic ideas. Applied economics is widely interpreted to embrace empirical work and the application of economics to the evaluation and development of economic policies. The interaction between empirical work and economic policy is an important feature of the journal. The Journal is peer reviewed and international in scope. Articles that draw lessons from the experience of one country for the benefit of others, or that seek to make cross-country comparisons are particularly welcomed. Contributions which discuss policy issues from theoretical positions neglected in other journals are also encouraged.