Childcare, Work, and Household Labor During a Pandemic
Evidence on Parents’ Preferences in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13015697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annabelle Hutchinson (Yale University), Sarah Khan (0000-0001-5023-2211, Yale University, corresponding author), Hilary Matfe (0000-0001-8712-5671, University of Denver) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-173 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Experimental Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2052-2630 • E-ISSN: 2052-2649 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/xps.2022.24 |
| OpenAlex | W4306165470 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 34 |
By exacerbating a pre-existing crisis of childcare in the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many parents to renegotiate household arrangements. What shapes parents’ preferences over different arrangements? In an online conjoint experiment, we assess how childcare availability, work status and earnings, and the intra-household division of labor shape heterosexual American parents’ preferences over different situations. We find that while mothers and fathers equally value outside options for childcare, the lack of such options – a significant feature of the pandemic – does not significantly change their evaluations of other features of household arrangements. Parents’ preferences over employment, earnings, and how to divide up household labor exhibit gendered patterns, which persist regardless of childcare availability. By illustrating the micro-foundations of household decision-making under constraints, our findings help to make sense of women’s retrenchment from the labor market during the pandemic: a pattern which may have long-term economic and political consequences
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Labour economics · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Retrenchment · Value (mathematics · Work (physics · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |