Based on a novel survey for Argentina, this paper provides evidence of the changes in time allocation within couples during the COVID-19 emergency. The survey was conducted online during the period of national lockdown in 2020 and collected information on hours allocated to paid work, housework, child care, educational childcare and leisure by both members of the couple before and during the lockdown, as well as socio-demographic characteristics. Our sample consists of 961 couples of which 785 have children. Our results indicate that during the lockdown, despite a reduction in time assigned to paid work and an increase in time spent in unpaid activities for both members of the couple, gender gaps regarding the latter increased. Specifically, while the load of men and women’s work for pay became more equitable, women took up a larger proportion of the additional housework and childcare. We found that some factors mitigated (whether the man reduced his hours of work or whether both partners kept on doing so) while others potentiated (whether the woman reduced her hours of work, whether she continued working from home, or whether the couple outsourced housework before lockdown) the changes in the within-couple gender gaps in unpaid activities.

本文基于阿根廷的一项新颖调查，提供了在 COVID-19 紧急情况期间夫妻时间分配变化的证据。该调查是在 2020 年全国封锁期间在线进行的，收集了封锁之前和封锁期间夫妇双方分配给有偿工作、家务、儿童保育、教育儿童保育和休闲的时间以及社会人口统计信息。特征。我们的样本包括 961 对夫妇，其中 785 对有孩子。我们的结果表明，在封锁期间，尽管夫妻双方分配给有偿工作的时间减少了，而花在无偿活动上的时间却增加了，但后者的性别差距却有所增加。具体来说，虽然男性和女性的薪酬工作负担变得更加公平，但女性承担了更大比例的额外家务和育儿工作。我们发现，一些因素起到了缓解作用（男性是否减少了工作时间，或者双方是否继续这样做），而另一些因素则起到了增强作用（女性是否减少了工作时间，她是否继续在家工作，或者夫妻双方是否将家务外包）封锁前）夫妇内无酬活动中性别差距的变化。