Incidence of unpaid domestic and care work on female labor participation in Cúcuta during the pandemic (2019-2020).

Abstract

In Colombia, according to Law 1413 of 2010, the care economy is considered to be all those activities of domestic work and unpaid care that are performed within the home; these activities contribute to the economic growth of the country as they allow the maintenance of the labor force. The objective of this research is to determine the incidence of care economy activities on women's employability, within the framework of COVID-19. The research uses secondary data from the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) Great Integrated Household Survey (GEIH) section for the years 2019-2020, the methodology used in this research is quantitative of correlational scope, for which use is made of an econometric model estimated for the years in question. Among the main results, it is found that the characteristics of women, such as their educational level and potential experience, are of utmost importance in their employability. On the other hand, in the COVID-19 framework, it is observed that the care economy variables have a greater negative impact on the dependent variable, that is, on the probability of a woman being employed or not in 2020 compared to 2019.