Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yeva Aleksanyan, Jason P. Weinman
Summary: This study using global COVID-19 data found that gender norms play a significant role in explaining the differences in male and female COVID-19 case and death rates. Women often face disadvantages in healthcare access due to gender bias and socioeconomic factors.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Yu Liu, Siqi Wei, Jian Xu
Summary: During the pandemic, businesses led by women are more likely to be closed for a longer duration compared to those led by men, with women business leaders also being more pessimistic about the future. These disadvantages are more pronounced in economies with high gender inequality and developing countries. Finance and labor factors are likely major contributors to these disparities. Policy responses to COVID-19 should take these gender-specific impacts into consideration.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
K. Baig
Summary: The study found that countries with institutionalized gender disparities and poor healthcare access and quality tend to have higher male to female ratios of confirmed COVID-19 cases. This highlights the underutilization of testing services influenced by multiple individual, social, and policy factors.
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Elske Quak, Gilles Girault, Marie Aude Thenint, Kathleen Weyts, Justine Lequesne, Charline Lasnon
Summary: Although one in three first authors and one in five last authors were women in 2018-2019 and 2020, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientific publishing by female physicians in medical imaging was not significant. Higher proportions of female first and last authors were found in COVID-19-related articles, but there was no advantage for North American women in high-ranking articles.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Wiraporn Pothisiri, Orawan Prasitsiriphon, Jutarat Apakupakul, Kritchavat Ploddi
Summary: This study examines the patterns of gender inequality in excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand. The findings reveal fluctuating patterns of excess and deficit in all-cause mortality rates across different phases of the pandemic, as well as among various age groups and regions. Gender differences in excess mortality are consistent across regions and over the observed period.
Article
Management
Ruomeng Cui, Hao Ding, Feng Zhu
Summary: The study shows that the lockdown during the COVID-19 outbreak has led to a decrease in research productivity among female academics, increasing gender inequality. This phenomenon has been validated in the United States and six other countries.
M&SOM-MANUFACTURING & SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Florencia Borrescio-Higa, Patricio Valenzuela
Summary: The study found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, women are more likely to report worse overall mental health and well-being deterioration. They are also more likely to be diagnosed with new mental health issues, seek treatment, and take prescription medication. Additionally, women reported an increase in household chores and childcare responsibilities, and were more likely to experience job loss or income reduction due to the pandemic.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Social
Alexandra N. Fisher, Michelle K. Ryan
Summary: This paper highlights the gender inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and discusses how social psychological theories can help explain them. It presents three key considerations for research on gender inequalities moving forward, emphasizing the need to challenge binary conceptualizations of gender, broaden research focus, and adopt an intersectional lens.
GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Shaul Kimhi, Yohanan Eshel, Hadas Marciano, Bruria Adini
Summary: This study demonstrated that factors such as individual, community, and national resilience, well-being, religiosity, and political attitudes significantly influenced hope and morale during the COVID-19 pandemic. Younger age was associated with higher levels of hope, while economic difficulties were linked to lower levels of hope and morale.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Muzna Alvi, Prapti Barooah, Shweta Gupta, Smriti Saini
Summary: The COVID-19 induced lockdowns have worsened the access to agricultural information for women farmers, leading to a decreased reliance on formal extension services and an increased reliance on informal social networks. Survey data from India and Nepal revealed that nearly half of farmers experienced negative impacts on productivity due to inaccessibility of information during the lockdown. Access to formal extension services in India was found to be influenced by crop type, geographic location, and caste identity. Strategies to make extension systems more inclusive and resilient to future crises were discussed, including adapting group and community-based approaches to post-pandemic best practices.
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2021)
Review
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Sophie Soklaridis, Georgia Black, Constance LeBlanc, Kinnon R. MacKinnon, Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, Fiona Clement, Brett Schrewe, Heather J. Ross, Sabine Calleja, Vicky Stergiopoulos, Valerie H. Taylor, Ayelet Kuper
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the academic productivity of physician scholars, particularly women. However, there is a lack of research on the pandemic's impact on scholars from other equity-deserving groups. Existing studies mainly focus on the gendered impact and provide recommendations to alleviate the burden on women scholars, without considering scholars with multiple and intersecting identities from a wider range of equity-deserving groups. This lack of attention may perpetuate and sustain inequities faced by these scholars during the pandemic.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Laura Silva, Franco Bonomi Bezzo, Maarten Van Ham
Summary: Neighbourhood socio-economic deprivation is strongly related to health-risk behaviors. During the Covid-19 pandemic, individuals' behavioral changes in smoking, drinking, physical activity, and healthy eating differed between deprived and non-deprived areas. The combined effect of Covid-19 and area deprivation varied significantly by sex and ethnicity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Angele Gayet-Ageron, Khaoula Ben Messaoud, Mark Richards, Sara Schroter
Summary: The study found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the proportion of women serving as first, last, and corresponding authors in coauthored manuscripts decreased compared to the previous two years. Particularly, the lowest percentage of female authors was observed during the COVID-19 pandemic period from January to May 2020.
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Business, Finance
Naveed Azeem, Muhammad Ullah, Farid Ullah
Summary: This study investigates the impact of boardroom gender diversity on firms' financial resilience amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings suggest that while gender diversity brings diverse perspectives to the boardroom, it can also lead to conflicts and slower decision-making during crises. The survival analysis on a sample of 5,179 global firms indicates that high gender diversity prolongs the recovery time of firms' share prices after the shock, indicating lower resilience. This effect is particularly observed in countries with female directorship quotas, strong governance, and lower GDP per capita.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Laura Robinson, Jeremy Schulze, Christopher Ball, Cara Chiaraluce, Matias Dodel, Jessica Francis, Kuo-Ting Huang, Elisha Johnston, Aneka Khilnani, Oliver Kleinmann, K. Hazel Kwon, Noah McClain, Yee Man Margaret Ng, Heloisa Pak, Massimo Ragnedda, Bianca C. Reisdorf, Maria Laura Ruiu, Cinthia Xavier da Silvia, Juliana Maria Trammel, Oyvind N. Wiborg, Apryl A. Williams
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a series of cascading crises that have impacted almost every aspect of our lives, deepened existing inequalities, and created new vulnerabilities. Despite the challenges faced by disadvantaged groups, research also shows evidence of resilience and adaptive potential in society.
AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST
(2021)
