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The coronavirus crisis has caused drastic changes to most parents’ work lives and other responsibilities. Millions of adults have lost or are forecast to lose their jobs permanently; many more have stopped work temporarily. Others are newly working from home, while many key workers are experiencing additional pressures and risks in their work.
For most parents, school and childcare closures have meant that children are at home, and requiring care, for at least an extra six hours a day.
How much time have children spent learning from home? Are mothers and fathers sharing the responsibility equally? How is this affecting families' use of time? In this episode of IFS Zooms In, we speak to IFS Senior Research Economists Alison Andrew and Christine Farquharson, and ask who is looking after the kids?
Host
Paul Johnson
Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.
Participants
Alison Andrew
Alison is a Senior Research Economist of our Institute with research interests in the economics of gender, marriage and education.
Christine Farquharson
Christine's research examines inequalities in children's education and health, especially in the early education and childcare sector.
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