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COVID-19: Women’s paid work hardest hit by child care closures

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When the researchers compared states that implemented closures with those that did not, they found that these closures had a greater impact on the employment of women than on that of men.They report their findings in the journal JAMA Health Forum.The authors conclude:“Labor market outcomes may differ by sex, and well-intentioned policies may exacerbate existing inequities.

Our findings suggest that additional policy interventions to support women in families with children are needed.”The research was a collaboration between Boston University School of Public Health, MA, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN.

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