Reported time allocation and emotional exhaustion during Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in Slovenia

Bartolj, Tjaša (avtor), Murovec, Nika (avtor), Polanec, Sašo (avtor)

The absence of institutionalised childcare and education during the lockdowns, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, put parents who worked from home in a stressful situation in which they had to combine the roles of teacher, parent and employee. This study aims to analyse how the closure of kindergartens and schools during the March–May 2020 lockdown in Slovenia changed the reported allocation of time, and perceived emotional exhaustion of parents working from home, compared to nonparents. We also focus on the differences in the impacts of lockdown between genders, status of family- provision and employment sectors of parents. Using data from a survey carried out on cohabiting and married individuals in Slovenia and applying a difference-in-difference estimator, we find that parents incurred a significant increase in their unpaid work burden, reductions in time devoted to paid work and leisure and suffered an increase in emotional exhaustion. Namely, Slovenian parents reported roughly 2 h less of paid and 4 h more of unpaid work per day during the lockdown in comparison to nonparents. The analysis also demonstrates that females performed more unpaid work and enjoyed less leisure before the lockdown, but the lockdown adjustment did not further increase gender inequality.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: enterprises, pandemic, working conditions, COVID-19, emotional exhaustion, gender gap, leisure, main-provider, paid work, public sector, remote work, time allocation, unpaid work
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: EF - Ekonomska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2022
• Št. strani: Str. 117-137
• Številčenje: Vol. 33, iss. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-135404
• UDK: 331.3
• ISSN pri članku: 1035-3046
• DOI: 10.1177/10353046211070042
• COBISS.SI-ID: 94011395
• Datum objave v RUL: 11.03.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: The economic and labour relations review
• Skrajšan naslov: Econ. labour. relat. rev.
• Založnik: SAGE Publishing
• ISSN: 1035-3046
• COBISS.SI-ID: 515977497

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Licenca Creative Commons, ki prepoveduje komercialno uporabo, vendar uporabniki ne rabijo upravljati materialnih avtorskih pravic na izpeljanih delih z enako licenco.
• Začetek licenciranja: 27.01.2022

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: podjetje, pandemija, delovni pogoji

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Program financ.: Raziskovalni program
• Številka projekta: P5-0096
• Naslov: Razvojna strategija Slovenije kot članice Evropske unije