Understanding the socioeconomic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women
Testimony before the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) on the consequences of the pandemic on women.
On 26 October 2021, Maria Demertzis, deputy Director of Bruegel, gave testimony to a public hearing of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) on gender equality objectives in the resilience and recovery fund and the national recovery plans.
The presentation, to help understand the socioeconomic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women, was prepared with the research assistance of Mia Hoffmann.
Also giving testimony at the hearing were Paola Profeta, Full Professor in Public Economics (Bocconi University) and Ana Cordeiro Santos, Researcher in the Centre for Social Studies (University of Coimbra).
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Maria Demertzis
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