@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp14408,
            	author={Bansak, Cynthia and Grossbard, Shoshana and Wong, Crystal (Ho Po)},
            	title={Mothers' Caregiving during COVID: The Impact of Divorce Laws and Homeownership on Women's Labor Force Status},
            	year={2021},
	month={Jun},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={14408},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14408},
	abstract={We investigate women's likelihood of withdrawing from paid labor to care for children and help them with schoolwork as a result of COVID and school closures. Were women more likely to shift out of paid labor in states where property-division rules would better protect the financial interests of stay-at-home parents? Such higher protection is offered in states with community property regimes or with homemaking provisions, the alternative being equitable-division and no homemaking provisions. We use monthly data from the U.S. Current Population Survey and compare the labor force participation of women with children in grades K-6 between 2019 and 2020, before and after COVID started. We find an association between marital property laws offering women more financial protection and women's labor supply response to COVID-19, especially among non-immigrants.},
	keywords={COVID-19;labor force;schools;community property;divorce},
            }