Journal Article

Gender Gaps in Unpaid Domestic and Care Work: Putting The Pandemic in (a Life Course) Perspective

Published: 30 Nov 2023

Abstract
Our paper examines  trends in gender inequalities in unpaid domestic and care work over the short‐ and long‐term in Australia, including assessing the impact of the COVID‐19 lockdowns. We use the concept of time—historical, biographical and transitional—as a framework for our analyses. Drawing on data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, we find wide and continuing gender gaps in unpaid work over the past two decades. We demonstrate that parenthood is a far greater producer and exacerbator of gender inequalities in unpaid domestic and care work than COVID‐19 lockdowns.

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Citation

Baxter J, Campbell A and Lee R, Gender Gaps in Unpaid Domestic and Care Work: Putting The Pandemic in (a Life Course) Perspective, The Australian Economic Review, volume 56, issue 4, December 2023, pp 502-515.