%0 Report
        %A Bansak, Cynthia
%A Grossbard, Shoshana
%A Wong, Crystal (Ho Po)
        %T Mothers' Caregiving during COVID: The Impact of Divorce Laws and Homeownership on Women's Labor Force Status
        %D 2021
        %8 2021 Jun
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 14408
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14408
        %X 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.
        %K COVID-19
%K labor force
%K schools
%K community property
%K divorce