Neither backlash nor convergence: dynamics of intra-couple childcare division during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany
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- Christina Boll & Dana Müller & Simone Schüller, 2023. "Neither backlash nor convergence: dynamics of intra-couple childcare division during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany," Journal for Labour Market Research, Springer;Institute for Employment Research/ Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), vol. 57(1), pages 1-17, December.
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Keywords
Bundesrepublik Deutschland ; Pandemie ; IAB-Datensatz HOPP ; IAB-Open-Access-Publikation ; Auswirkungen ; Betriebsunterbrechung ; geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren ; Gleichstellung ; Kinderbetreuung ; Kindertagesstätte ; Krisenmanagement ; Mütter ; Telearbeit ; Väter ; Arbeitsteilung ; 2020-2021;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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