Jenna Stearns
University of California, Davis · Business Economics
Active 2009–2022
Research topics
- Political Science
- Virology
- Medicine
- Economics
- Psychology
- Demographic economics
Selected publications
COVID-19 Disruptions Disproportionately Affect Female Academics
AEA Papers and Proceedings · 2021 · 171 citations
Senior authorCorresponding- Political Science
- Demographic economics
- Political Science
The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent countermeasures disrupted economic activity around the world. We investigate the effects of COVID-19 disruptions on the gender gap in academia. We administer a global survey of academics to collect nuanced data on the respondents' circumstances, such as the number and ages of children and time use. All academics report substantial increases in childcare and housework burdens, but women experienced significantly larger increases than men. Female academics with children report a disproportionate reduction in research time, both relative to childless men and women and to male academics with children.
Frequent coauthors
- 34 shared
Christopher J. Ruhm
National Bureau of Economic Research
- 34 shared
Maya Rossin‐Slater
Stanford University
- 32 shared
Jane Waldfogel
Columbia University
- 29 shared
Ann P. Bartel
Columbia University
- 27 shared
Shelly Lundberg
University of California, Santa Barbara
- 14 shared
Robert A. Pollak
- 7 shared
Kelly Bedard
University of California, Santa Barbara
- 4 shared
Heather Antecol
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