Lim Youngshin, Park Hyunjoon, Tessler Hannah, Choi Meera, Jung Gowoon, Kao Grace
Department of Education, Seoul National University, South Korea.
Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Res Soc Stratif Mobil. 2020 Oct;69:100544. doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2020.100544. Epub 2020 Aug 29.
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.
韩国工作与家庭的性别分工特点是，男性长时间从事有偿工作，对家务的投入极少，再加上女性劳动力参与率相对较低。新冠疫情带来的工作和家庭安排变化能否改变韩国长期以来有偿工作和家务劳动的性别分工状况？在新冠疫情期间，随着学校停课以及在家工作的员工数量增加，韩国男性和女性是否期望有偿工作和家务能得到更平等的分担？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，并询问了他们对新冠疫情后社会变化各个方面的预测，包括性别分工。尽管相当一部分男性和女性都预计新冠疫情后有偿工作和家务劳动的性别分工将会减少，但韩国女性对此潜在减少的乐观程度不如男性。特别是，年轻女性对疫情过后有偿工作和家务劳动按性别划分减少的前景最为怀疑。
