COVID-19 Disruptions Disproportionately Affect Female Academics, Global, 2020 (ICPSR 38143)
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Tatyana Deryugina, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
Olga Shurchkov, Wellesley College;
Jenna Stearns, University of California, Davis
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38143.v1
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The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent countermeasures, such as school closures, the shift to working from home, and social distancing are disrupting economic activity around the world. As with other major economic shocks, there are winners and losers, leading to increased inequality across certain groups. In this project, researchers investigated the effects of COVID-19 disruptions on the gender gap in academia. They administered a global survey to a broad range of academics across various disciplines to collect nuanced data on the respondents' circumstances, such as a spouse's employment, the number and ages of children, and time use.
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This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. To protect respondent privacy, some of the data files in this collection are restricted from general dissemination. To obtain these restricted files researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Data Use Agreement.
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- This study was originally published through OpenICPSR.
- This study has been deaccessioned. The original openICPSR version of this study is available for public use.
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The purpose of this study was to test if the disproportionate productivity slowdown among female scholars since the onset of the pandemic would be due to the disproportionate childcare burden falling upon women amid school and daycare closures. Researchers analyzed survey evidence pertaining to the use of time by academic researchers before and after the disruptions caused by COVID-19.
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Researchers sent a survey via email to approximately 900,000 individuals who had published at least one academic article in the past five years. The distribution window, including two follow-up reminders, ran from May 27, 2020 to July 21, 2020, yielding a total of 27,991 responses.
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Active academic researchers with a doctorate degree
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Variables include questions about the amount of hours spent weekly on various work related and personal activities and how COVID affected work and personal activities. Demographic variables include age, number of children, gender, and European Economic Area residency.
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