Women’s labor-supply adjustment to the COVID-19 shock: An intersectional analysis

Gezici, Armagan

Abstract

In this chapter, we use monthly Current Population Survey data from January 2018 through November 2022 to study the labor-supply adjustment of White, Hispanic, and Black women to the COVID-19 shock in comparison to their co-ethnic men by focusing on exits from the labor force and reduction in work hours. We first explore whether there is a difference in the likelihood of being not in labor force for White, Hispanic, and Black people and their gender breakdown compared to the pre-Pandemic period. Second, we find out the reduction in work hours by these groups compared to the pre-Pandemic levels. We also consider whether the existence of children makes a difference in these adjustments.

• Publication Date: Oct 24, 2024
• Deposit Date: Aug 1, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 25, 2026
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: Gender Inequality in the Global Labor Market: A Feminist Economics Approach
• Chapter Number: 7
• ISBN: 9781032568812
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/12744235
• Publisher URL: https://www.routledge.com/Gender-Inequality-in-the-Global-Labor-Market-A-Feminist-Economics-Approach/RodriguezPerez-CastroLugo/p/book/9781032568812
• Additional Information: https://www.routledge.com/Gender-Inequality-in-the-Global-Labor-Market-A-Feminist-Economics-Approach/RodriguezPerez-CastroLugo/p/book/9781032568812
• Contract Date: Jan 2, 2023