%0 Report
        %A Mendolia, Silvia
%A Suziedelyte, Agne
%A Zhu, Anna
        %T Have Girls Been Left behind during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Gender Differences in Pandemic Effects on Children's Mental Wellbeing
        %D 2021
        %8 2021 Aug
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 14665
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp14665
        %X Using data from the UK, we show that girls have been affected more than boys by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of their mental wellbeing. These gender differences are more pronounced in lower-income families. Our results are consistent with previous findings of larger pandemic effects on mental health of women.
        %K COVID-19
%K pandemic
%K mental health
%K children