Who cares when care closes? Care-arrangements and parental working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

Abstract

"This study examines the short-term consequences for care-arrangements among working parents, who were affected by the closure of schools and institutional childcare as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. By applying multinomial logistic regression models to novel data from two panel surveys of the National Educational Panel Study and its supplementary COVID-19 web survey, the study finds that mothers continue to play a key role in the care-arrangements during the first months of the pandemic. Moreover, the results illustrate the importance of working conditions, especially the possibility of remote work for the altered care-arrangements. Overall, the findings point towards systematic gender differences in the relationship between parental working conditions and the care-arrangements." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Zoch, G., Bächmann, A. & Vicari, B. (2021): Who cares when care closes? Care-arrangements and parental working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. In: European Societies, Vol. 23, No. sup1, p. S576-S588. DOI:10.1080/14616696.2020.1832700