To Keep Women in the Workforce, Men Need to Do More at Home.

When childcare was shared equally prior to the pandemic (i.e., fathers did 40-60% of childcare), the probability that mothers voluntarily left jobs or reduced work hours decreased to 15% - a similar probability as fathers (11%). 1 lack of adequate policies providing paid leave and job flexibility resulted in a crisis of care and unprecedented work-family conflict. Given that women in partnerships with egalitarian childcare arrangements are less likely to reduce their labor force participation, fathers' efforts to increase their domestic contributions may have somewhat protected mothers' jobs during the early pandemic - a sobering thought given how many mothers left or lost their jobs. [Extracted from the article]

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