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T1 Sustainability in times of crisis: Female employment during COVID‐19
A1 Uribe Bohorquez, María Victoria
A1 García Sánchez, Isabel María
K1 COVID-19
K1 Crisis
K1 Sustainability
K1 Unemployment
K1 Women
K1 Inversiones éticas
K1 Investments-Moral and ethical aspects
K1 Igualdad
K1 Equality
K1 Economía
K1 Economics
AB In periods of crisis, companies face a financial reality that forces them to decide whether to maintain their commitment to sustainability or prioritize their financial returns. The study of what happened during the COVID-19 pandemic is vital, given the hard blow it has implied for business and, consequently, for employment. Thus, this paper seeks to determine whether the business commitment to sustainability policies focused on employment and gender diversity translates into concrete results. In a sample of 1761 multinationals (8963 observations) during the 2015–2020 period, we found that the pandemic has harmed employment at the microeconomic level. However, this impact is moderated by the level of responsibility that companies have with their workers. Therefore, the most sustainable companies have been more reluctant to reduce their workforce and even more so when they are women. These results help to position sustainability performance as a way to achieve gender equality at the business level.
PB Wiley
SN 1535-3958
YR 2023
FD 2023-06-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9335
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9335
LA eng
NO The financial support provided to Maria Victoria Uribe Bohorquez by Spanish Ministry of Science & Innovation (Grant TED2021-129520B-I00) and FEDER and Junta de Castilla y León (Grant BU069P20) is gratefully acknowledged. The financial support provided to Isabel María García Sánchez Junta de Castilla y León and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (Grant CLU-2019-03 Unidad de Excelencia “GECOS-Gestión Económica para la Sostenibilidad”) is gratefully acknowledged.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 03-jul-2024