Schooling and Parental Labor Supply: Evidence from COVID-19 School Closures in the United States

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina ; Marcen, Miriam (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Morales, Marina (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Sevilla, Almudena

Resumen: This article examines changes in parental labor supply in response to the unanticipated closure of schools following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The authors collect detailed daily information on school closures at the school-district level, which they merge to individual-level data on labor supply and sociodemographic characteristics from the monthly Current Population Survey spanning from January 2019 through May 2020. Using a difference-in-differences estimation approach, the authors find evidence of non-negligible labor supply reductions. Having a partner at home helped offset the negative effect of school closures, particularly for maternal employment, although respondents'' job traits played a more significant role in shaping labor supply responses to school closures. Overall, the labor supply impacts of school closures prove robust to identification checks and to controlling for other coexistent social distancing measures. In addition, these early school closures seem to have had a long-lasting negative impact on parental labor supply.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1177/00197939221099184

Año: 2023

Publicado en: ILR REVIEW 76, 1 (2023), 56-85
ISSN: 0019-7939

Factor impacto JCR: 2.9 (2023)

Categ. JCR: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR rank: 12 / 51 = 0.235 (2023) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 6.8 - Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Q1) - Strategy and Management (Q2) - Management of Technology and Innovation (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 2.022 - Management of Technology and Innovation (Q1) - Strategy and Management (Q1) - Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S32-20R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2020-114354RA-I00

Tipo y forma: Artículo (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Fund. Análisis Económico (Dpto. Análisis Económico)