COVID-19: a crisis of the female self-employed
| Autor: | Alexander S. Kritikos, Daniel Graeber, Johannes Seebauer |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Decomposition methods
Economics and Econometrics decomposition methods Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) L26 Center for Economic Policy Analysis (CEPA) Affect (psychology) representative real-time surveydata Economic hardship representative real-time survey data jel:L26 0502 economics and business Pandemic Self employed Fachgruppe Volkswirtschaftslehre ddc:330 gender 050207 economics J31 Economic consequences Demography Social policy J71 Original Paper J16 I18 330 Wirtschaft 05 social sciences Gender jel:J71 COVID-19 Representative real-time survey data jel:J31 Extern income jel:I18 300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::330 Wirtschaft Income jel:J16 Survey data collection Demographic economics Psychology Self-employed 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Population Economics |
| Popis: | We investigate how the economic consequences of the pandemic, and of the government-mandated measures to contain its spread, affect the self-employed – particularly women – in Germany. For our analysis, we use representative, real-time survey data in which respondents were asked about their situation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings indicate that among the self-employed, who generally face a higher likelihood of income losses due to COVID-19 than employees, women are 35% more likely to experience income losses than their male counterparts. Conversely, we do not find a comparable gender gap among employees. Our results further suggest that the gender gap among the self-employed is largely explained by the fact that women disproportionately work in industries that are more severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our analysis of potential mechanisms reveals that women are significantly more likely to be impacted by government-imposed restrictions, i.e. the regulation of opening hours. We conclude that future policy measures intending to mitigate the consequences of such shocks should account for this considerable variation in economic hardship. CEPA Discussion Papers; 27 |
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