Gender and Employment in the COVID-19 Recession : Evidence on 'She-cessions' /

Early evidence on the pandemic's effects pointed to women's employment falling disproportionately, leading observers to call a 'she-cession.' This paper documents the extent and persistence of this phenomenon in a quarterly sample of 38 advanced and emerging market economies. We...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bluedorn, John
Other Authors: Caselli, Francesca, Hansen, Niels-Jakob, Shibata, Ippei
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/095
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