Digitalization and Employment Gender Gaps During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean

2024-01-12 Business & Economics

Author : Yuanchen Yang
Release : 2024-01-12
Genre : Business & Economics
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Download or read book Digitalization and Employment Gender Gaps During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean written by Yuanchen Yang. This book was released on 2024-01-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its negative effects, the COVID-19 pandemic has also accelerated Latin America's digitalization. The rapid increase in connectivity and digital services was helpful in mitigating the pandemic's negative impact on the labor markets, especially for those with enough flexibility to continue working from home. The shock has particularly affected women due to their household responsibilities and labor market characteristics. This paper examines how digitalization may have affected gender gaps in employment and job loss related to the COVID-19 crisis. Using a sample of Latin American countries, our findings suggest that higher levels of digitalization are associated with increased female employment and reduced job loss for both men and women. These findings hold even after controlling for factors such as child care, household chores, and the COVID-19 shock. Our results are also robust to various econometric techniques.

Labor Market Gender Gaps in the Time of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean

2022

Author : Ivonne Acevedo
Release : 2022
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Download or read book Labor Market Gender Gaps in the Time of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Ivonne Acevedo. This book was released on 2022. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study shows that the trend of declining gender gaps in labor market indicators in Latin America in previous decades did not change significantly in most countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a closer look at the dynamics during the 2019-2021 period shows that (i) women were harder hit in terms of employment losses during the 2020 economic shock; (ii) despite the labor market recovery, women in 2021 often remained less likely to work than they did in 2019; nevertheless, (iii) in a subset of countries the gender gap in employment rates widened. However, relative to the value of their 2019 wages, the accumulated income losses were considerably greater for women than for men in most cases. This can create scarring effects for the future through greater vulnerability, lower incomes, and reduced probabilities of job insertion. The groups of women hit hardest by the shock were those with less than a tertiary education, those in the 14-24 year-old age group, those living in urban areas, and those working in the tertiary sector.

Work and Family

2016-05-12 Business & Economics

Author : Laura Chioda
Release : 2016-05-12
Genre : Business & Economics
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Download or read book Work and Family written by Laura Chioda. This book was released on 2016-05-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over recent decades, women in Latin America and the Caribbean have increased their labor force participation faster than in any other region of the world. This evolution occurred in the context of more general progress in women’s status. Female enrollment rates have increased at all levels of education, fertility rates have declined, and social norms have shifted toward gender equality. This report sheds light on the complex relationship between stages of economic development and female economic participation. It documents a shift in women’s perceptions whereby work has become a fundamental part of their identity, highlighting the distinction between jobs and careers. These dynamics are made more complex by the acknowledgment that individuals are part of larger economic units—families. As development progresses and the options available to women expand, the need to balance career and family takes greater importance. New tensions emerge, paradoxically made possible by decades of steady gains. Understanding the new challenges women face as they balance work and family is thus crucial for policy.

Economy, Gender and Academy

2023-08-22 Business & Economics

Author : Mario Enrique Vargas Sáenz
Release : 2023-08-22
Genre : Business & Economics
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Download or read book Economy, Gender and Academy written by Mario Enrique Vargas Sáenz. This book was released on 2023-08-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relying on a variety of examples from Latin America and the Caribbean, this book counteracts the gender gap by focusing on what you need to know to analyze the modernization of business management and economic growth as well as design effective public policies that allow for greater participation of women in society.

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