TY - JOUR
T1 - The Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia
T2 - A Closer Look at Gender Gaps in Employment, Earnings and Education
AU - Risse, Leonora
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors. The Australian Economic Review published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, Faculty of Business and Economics.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, this article considers the longer-lasting economic impacts on the Australian workforce through a gender lens. Using Australian Bureau of Statistics data, it analyses changes in employment, earnings and educational participation relative to the pre-pandemic trends that were predicted to have otherwise occurred. Despite women's employment moving back towards pre-pandemic levels more rapidly than men's, the pandemic also saw a widening of the gender gap in earnings and a larger fall in women's educational participation. This paper highlights the need for ongoing monitoring of labour market indicators through a gender lens to inform more responsive policy design.
AB - Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, this article considers the longer-lasting economic impacts on the Australian workforce through a gender lens. Using Australian Bureau of Statistics data, it analyses changes in employment, earnings and educational participation relative to the pre-pandemic trends that were predicted to have otherwise occurred. Despite women's employment moving back towards pre-pandemic levels more rapidly than men's, the pandemic also saw a widening of the gender gap in earnings and a larger fall in women's educational participation. This paper highlights the need for ongoing monitoring of labour market indicators through a gender lens to inform more responsive policy design.
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U2 - 10.1111/1467-8462.12502
DO - 10.1111/1467-8462.12502
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85148021507
SN - 0004-9018
VL - 56
SP - 91
EP - 108
JO - Australian Economic Review
JF - Australian Economic Review
IS - 1
ER -
