Balancing Work and Childcare : Evidence from COVID-19 School Closures and Reopenings in Kenya (English)

This paper identifies the impact of childcare responsibilities on adult labor supply in the context of COVID-19-related school closures in Kenya. It compares changes in parents’ labor participation after schools partly reopened in October 2020 for households with children in a grade eligible to return against households with children in adjacent grades. Using nationally-representative panel data from World Bank phone surveys in 2020–21, the findings...

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Biscaye,Pierre E.;

Egger,Dennis Timo;

Pape,Utz Johann;
Document Date
2022/03/07
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9958
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Kenya,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2022/03/07
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Balancing Work and Childcare : Evidence from COVID-19 School Closures and Reopenings in Kenya
Keywords
Childcare

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Biscaye,Pierre E.; Egger,Dennis Timo; Pape,Utz Johann.

Balancing Work and Childcare : Evidence from COVID-19 School Closures and Reopenings in Kenya (English). COVID-19 (Coronavirus)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9958 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/210811646666473975

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