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Title: The Short-Run Macro Implications of School and Child-Care Closures

Author(s): Nicola Fuchs-Sch�ndeln, Moritz Kuhn and Mich�le Tertilt

Publication Date: June 2020

Keyword(s): child-care, children, COVID-19, Labor market, Parents and workforce

Programme Area(s): Labour Economics, Macroeconomics and Growth and Monetary Economics and Fluctuations

Abstract: The COVID19 crisis has hit labor markets. School and child-care closures have put families with children in challenging situations. We look at Germany and quantify the macroeconomic importance of working parents. We document that 26 percent of the German workforce have children aged 14 or younger and estimate that 11 percent of workers and 8 percent of all working hours are affected if schools and daycare centers remain closed. In most European countries, the share of affected working hours is even higher. Policies to restart the economy have to accommodate the concerns of these families.

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Fuchs-Sch�ndeln, N, Kuhn, M and Tertilt, M. 2020. 'The Short-Run Macro Implications of School and Child-Care Closures'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=14882