Intersectional analysis of the labour market impacts of COVID on women with young children and in low-skilled jobs

Abstract: This paper analyzes the differential experiences of women in the Canadian labour market who hold lower-skilled jobs and have school-age children during two waves of Covid compared with more typical conditions pre-pandemic. The article seeks to test the hypothesis that workers at the intersection of womanhood, motherhood and precarious employment would endure even more disadvantageous labour market outcomes during the Covid pandemic than they did prior to it.

Co-Authors: Tony Fang, Morley Gunderson, Viet Ha, Hui Ming