Analyzing the Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Wage Gap in Canada

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University of Guelph**We aren't endorsed by this school

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ECON 3520

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Economics

Date

Dec 12, 2024

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Owen Duffy (1152177) Dylan McFee (1255312) Hisham Moussa (0668799) Elijah Collier Group 9 Topic: Gender Wage Gap and Labour Force Participation in Canada Post-Covid-19Description: During the Covid-19 epidemic, individuals were either laid off or asked to work from home. On top of that, children of all ages were learning remotely from home, which forced families to make some changes. One parent continues to work while the other looks after the children. This brings up an interesting question. How much of an impact did Covid-19 have on the labour force market? We will be analyzing the labour force participation rate as well as the gender wage gap from 2018-2024, to gain an understanding of how things were pre-covid, during covid and post-covid. This will allow us to measure the significance of Covid-19 on the labour market and if its effects are still present today. Data Source Statistics Canada’s Labour Force SurveyAttached is the link to where we will access our data. We plan to use data from May 2018-2024, as this will give us information from before the pandemic, during the pandemic, and after the pandemic. Attached is also a picture of how we will filter the data to access only the month and years we require. https://odesi.ca/en/results?q=labour%20force%20survey&l=SE&f=2017&t=2024&s=date&c=statscan-pumf&page=1

Variables Used Dependent Variable: Hourly wages by gender OR Yearly wages by gender Independent Variables: Gender, education level, hours worked, age, and industry, family size Overall quality and feasibility of topic We believe that the feasibility of this topic is very high as gender wage gaps are a widely studied topic and the data required to analyze it is extensive and easily accessible. The vast amount of literature on gender wage gaps, as well as the current public policy relevance of COVID –19’s impact on labor markets makes this a topic worthy of study.