In 2020–21, parents’ work-from-home days increased three-and-a-half-fold following the initial COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns compared to 2015–19. At the same time, many schools offered virtual classrooms and daycares closed, increasing the demand for household-provided childcare. Using weekday workday time diaries from American Time Use Survey and looking at parents in dual-earner couples, we examine parents’ time allocated to paid work, chores, and childcare in the COVID-19 era by the couple’s joint work location arrangements. We determine the work location of the respondent directly from their diary and predict the partner’s work-from-home status. Parents working from home alone spent more time on childcare compared to their counterparts working on-site, though only mothers worked fewer paid hours. When both parents worked from home compared to on-site, mothers and fathers maintained their paid hours and spent more time on childcare, though having a partner also working from home reduced child supervision time. On the average day, parents working from home did equally more household chores, regardless of their partner’s work-from-home status; however, on the average school day, only fathers working from home alone spent more time on household chores compared to their counterparts working on-site. We also find that mothers combined paid work and child supervision to a greater extent than did fathers.

与 2015-19 年相比，在 2020-21 年，父母在家工作的天数在最初的 COVID-19 大流行封锁之后增加了三倍半。与此同时，许多学校提供虚拟教室和关闭日托，增加了对家庭提供的托儿服务的需求。使用美国时间使用调查中的工作日工作日时间日记，并观察双职工夫妇的父母，我们检查了 COVID-19 时代父母根据夫妻的共同工作地点安排分配给有偿工作、家务和育儿的时间。我们直接从他们的日记中确定受访者的工作地点，并预测合作伙伴的在家工作状态。与在现场工作的父母相比，独自在家工作的父母花在育儿上的时间更多，尽管只有母亲的带薪工作时间更少。与在家工作相比，当父母双方都在家工作时，母亲和父亲保持了他们的带薪工作时间，并花更多的时间在育儿上，尽管有一个伴侣也在家工作减少了孩子的监护时间。平均而言，在家工作的父母做同样多的家务，无论他们的伴侣是否在家工作；然而，在平均上学日，与在现场工作的父亲相比，只有独自在家工作的父亲花在家务上的时间更多。我们还发现，与父亲相比，母亲在更大程度上兼顾有偿工作和子女监护。无论他们的伴侣是否在家工作；然而，在平均上学日，与在现场工作的父亲相比，只有独自在家工作的父亲花在家务上的时间更多。我们还发现，与父亲相比，母亲在更大程度上兼顾有偿工作和子女监护。无论他们的伴侣是否在家工作；然而，在平均上学日，与在现场工作的父亲相比，只有独自在家工作的父亲花在家务上的时间更多。我们还发现，与父亲相比，母亲在更大程度上兼顾有偿工作和子女监护。