What if Sweden had Imposed a Lockdown? A Synthetic Control Study on the Effects of the Swedish Covid-19 Response on Gender-Specific Labor Market Outcomes
The Covid-19 pandemic triggered a global recession that has had large negative effects on both men and women in the Swedish labor market. We examine how the Swedish strategy of not imposing a lockdown has affected gender-specific labor market outcomes: relative female employment rate and weekly hours worked. To begin with, we study the development of these outcomes in Sweden. Looking at relative f