Comment – Did the COVID-19 Crisis Contribute to a Change in the Gender-Based Division of Work within Families? - HAL-SHS - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société
Journal Articles Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics Year : 2022

Comment – Did the COVID-19 Crisis Contribute to a Change in the Gender-Based Division of Work within Families?

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This commentary puts into perspective two of the articles in this issue, which analyse the impact of the COVID‑19 crisis on the allocation of time within families in France: one is written by Ariane Pailhé, Anne Solaz and Lionel Wilner and the other written by Hugues Champeaux and Francesca Marchetta. Both reveal that family arrangements appeared generally flexible, since time use changed significantly in the context of the crisis, leading to men becoming much more involved in household chores and parenting in particular. However, far from being unprecedented, this flexibility is compatible with a traditional division of roles according to gender. The changes observed may result from a model in which the man plays the role of a secondary worker in domestic production, who can be mobilised in the event of the unavailability of the primary worker, the woman. Decisions made by families in France are still anchored to gender norms; not only does this constitute a waste of resources, it also generates temporal inequalities that may manifest as intra‑family conflicts.
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halshs-03959134 , version 1 (05-04-2023)

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Hélène Couprie. Comment – Did the COVID-19 Crisis Contribute to a Change in the Gender-Based Division of Work within Families?. Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, 2022, 536-37, pp.51-55. ⟨10.24187/ecostat.2022.536.2088⟩. ⟨halshs-03959134⟩
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