Replication Data for: Inequalities among political scientists: race and gender during the Covid-19 pandemic

This article examines the division of labor among political scientists during different moments of Covid-19 using data from surveys of the academic community. We probe the hypothesis that the pandemic has increased inequalities, especially by exacerbating the burden of housework and care responsibilities for women. We ground our analysis on the results of two surveys carried out in Brazil: one conducted shortly after the outset of the pandemic, in June 2020, and the other, from March 2022, following the lifting of social isolation measures. The country is a relevant case study because it was an epicenter of the virus for months. This public health crisis also occurred while a denialist and authoritarian government were in power. Controlling gender and race variables, the data show a transformation of the dynamics of time organization over the period: at the beginning of the pandemic, men, primarily white men, devoted more time to academic work; in 2022, the most substantive difference is one of race. We observe a greater convergence among white people, as opposed to black people, about household chores, with the second group being more overloaded than the former.

本研究借助学术社群调研数据，探析新冠疫情不同阶段政治科学研究者的劳动分工格局。本研究旨在检验如下研究假设：新冠疫情加剧了社会不平等，尤其加重了女性的家务劳动与照护负担。本研究的分析基于巴西开展的两项调研数据：一项于疫情暴发后不久的2020年6月实施，另一项则于2022年3月，即社会隔离措施解除后开展。作为相关案例，该国曾连续数月成为新冠病毒的疫情震中。这场公共卫生危机爆发之际，巴西正由持否认主义立场的威权政府执政。在控制性别与种族变量后，数据显示该时期内时间安排的动态格局发生了变化：疫情初期，男性（主要是白人男性）投入学术工作的时间更多；至2022年，最显著的差异则体现为种族维度。我们观察到，在家务劳动分配上，白人群体的分工差异有所收敛，而黑人群体的家务负担则显著高于前者。