Men’s long hours of paid work and minimal commitment to household work, combined with the comparably low-level of women’s labor force participation, characterize the gendered division of work and family in South Korea. Can the changes in work and family arrangements brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic alter the persevering gendered division of paid work and household work in Korea? Along with school closures and the increased number of employees working from home during COVID-19, do Korean men and women anticipate more equal sharing of paid work and household work? We collected data from 1000 Korean adults during the period of July 3–6, 2020, and asked their predictions about various dimensions of social changes, including the gendered division, after COVID-19. Although a substantial share of both men and women anticipate a reduction in the gendered division of paid work and household work after COVID-19, Korean women are not as optimistic as their male counterparts about this potential reduction. In particular, younger women are most skeptical about the prospect that paid work and household work will be less divided by gender beyond the pandemic.

男性长时间的有偿工作和对家务工作的最低承诺，加上女性劳动力参与率相对较低，是韩国工作和家庭性别分工的特征。COVID-19 大流行带来的工作和家庭安排的变化能否改变韩国持续存在的有偿工作和家务工作的性别划分？随着学校停课和 COVID-19 期间在家工作的员工人数增加，韩国男性和女性是否期望更平等地分担有偿工作和家务工作？我们在 2020 年 7 月 3 日至 6 日期间收集了 1000 名韩国成年人的数据，并询问他们对 COVID-19 之后社会变化的各个方面的预测，包括性别划分。尽管很大一部分男性和女性都预计在 COVID-19 之后有偿工作和家务劳动的性别分工会减少，但韩国女性对这种潜在的减少并不像男性同行那样乐观。特别是，年轻女性最怀疑有偿工作和家务工作在大流行之后按性别划分的前景是否会减少。