Comparing the Employment Conditions of Women vs. Men in the Philippines Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Date

6-2022

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Economics

College

College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Gideon P. Carnaje

Committee Member

Niño Alejandro Q. Manalo Gideon P. Carnaje Maria Angeles O. Catelo Agham C. Cuevas

Abstract

To determine if the COVID-19 pandemic recession resulted in a “shecession” or a disproportionately higher negative impact on female workers than on male workers in the Philippines, the study made use of two Philippine Labor Force Surveys (July 2019 and July 2020) and focused on four employment indicators, namely, labor force participation rate, unemployment rate, underemployment rate, and likelihood of having a non-permanent job or business.

The cross-tabulation and the probit regression analyses revealed that, in many cases, male workers appear to be more adversely affected by the pandemic recession. The probit regression analyses revealed that before and during the COVID-19 recession in the Philippines, females have a significantly lower probability than males to be in the labor force, but they have a significantly lower probability than males to be underemployed and have a non-permanent job or business. Moreover, during the COVID-19 recession, females were less likely to be unemployed than males. All in all, in the case of the Philippine labor market during the COVID-19 pandemic, one cannot make the conclusion that the Covid- 19-induced recession was a “shecession,” or disproportionately affected women more adversely than men in the Philippines.

Language

English

LC Subject

Covid-19 recession, shecession, employment, probit regression

Location

UPLB College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2022 E2 P36

Document Type

Thesis

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