COVID-19 Disruptions Disproportionately Affect Female Academics

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent countermeasures disrupted economic activity around world. We investigate effects disruptions on gender gap in academia. administer a global survey academics to collect nuanced data respondents' circumstances, such as number ages children time use. All report substantial increases childcare housework burdens, but women experienced significantly larger than men. Female with disproportionate reduction research time, both relative childless men male children.