Claudia Hupkau
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View article: Paternity leave in Spain
Paternity leave in Spain Open
Between 2017 and 2021, Spain progressively extended paternity leave from 2 to 16 weeks, equalizing it with maternity leave and introducing mandatory weeks. A 2018 reform also allowed fathers to split their leave. Using administrative data …
View article: Online tutoring works: Experimental evidence from a program with vulnerable children
Online tutoring works: Experimental evidence from a program with vulnerable children Open
We provide evidence from a randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of a novel, 100-percent online math tutoring program, targeted at secondary school students from highly disadvantaged neighborhoods. The intensive, eight-week-long…
View article: Spain: A Succesful Experience of Remote Tutoring
Spain: A Succesful Experience of Remote Tutoring Open
In 2021, EsadeEcPol, in collaboration with the "Empieza Por Educar" Foundation (ExE), launched "Menttores", an online educational reinforcement program aimed at students from vulnerable backgrounds in response to the challenges posed by CO…
View article: Work and children: is the motherhood penalty in Spain too high for working women?
Work and children: is the motherhood penalty in Spain too high for working women? Open
Spain has seen a huge influx of women into the workplace, but men and women’s experiences of work remain very different. Claudia Hupkau and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela say there is scope for new family-friendly policies to help close labour ma…
View article: What happened when parents lost their jobs during lockdown
What happened when parents lost their jobs during lockdown Open
Many parents had to cope with losing their jobs or part of their income at the same time as they were forced to home school. How did this affect their children’s learning and their mental health? Claudia Hupkau (CEP/ LSE), Ingo Isphording …
View article: Labour market shocks during the Covid-19 pandemic: inequalities and child outcomes
Labour market shocks during the Covid-19 pandemic: inequalities and child outcomes Open
We study the effect of negative labour market shocks borne by parents during the Covid-19 crisis on resource and time investments in children and the channels through which negative labour market shocks experienced by parents might affect …
View article: How lockdowns have reversed traditional gender roles in some UK households and further entrenched them in others
How lockdowns have reversed traditional gender roles in some UK households and further entrenched them in others Open
Claudia Hupkau and Barbara Petrongolo discuss what the likely implications of a second lockdown are for gender equality at work and in the home.
View article: Work, Care and Gender during the COVID‐19 Crisis*
Work, Care and Gender during the COVID‐19 Crisis* Open
We explore the effects of the COVID‐19 crisis and the associated restrictions to economic activity on paid and unpaid work for men and women in the United Kingdom. Using data from the COVID‐19 supplement of Understanding Society, we find e…
View article: Post-Compulsory Education in England: Choices and Implications
Post-Compulsory Education in England: Choices and Implications Open
Most students do not follow the ‘academic track’ (i.e. A-levels) after leaving school and only about a third of students go to university before the age of 20. Yet progression routes for the majority that do not take this path but opt for …
View article: Fertility and mothers' labor supply: new evidence using time-to-conception
Fertility and mothers' labor supply: new evidence using time-to-conception Open
We analyze the impact of children on their mothers' labor market outcomes in the UK. We use time-to-conception of the first child as an exogenous variation in the probability of having more children. We find that having more children decre…