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Germany's labour market in Coronavirus distress : new challenges to safeguarding employment

Herzog-Stein, Alexander; Nüß, Patrick; Peede, Lennert; … - 2021

We analyse measures of internal flexibility taken to safeguard employment during the Coronavirus Crisis in comparison to the Great Recession. Cyclical working-time reductions are again a major factor in safeguarding employment. Whereas during the Great Recession all working-time instruments...

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COVID-19 and (gender) inequality in income : the impact of discretionary policy measures in Austria

Christl, Michael; De Poli, Silvia; Kucsera, Dénes; … - 2021

This paper analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on household income in Austria, using detailed administrative labor market data, in combination with micro-simulation techniques, that enable specific labor market transitions to be modeled. We find that discretionary fiscal policy measures...

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Sexual orientation and earnings : a meta-analysis 2012-2020

Drydakis, Nick - 2021

This meta-analysis utilizes 24 papers published between 2012-2020 that focus on earnings differences by sexual orientation. The papers cover the period between 1991 and 2018, and countries in Europe, North America and Australia. The meta-analysis indicates that gay men earned less than...

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Local inequalities of the COVID-19 crisis

Cerqua, Augusto; Letta, Marco - 2021

This paper assesses the impact of the first wave of the pandemic on the local economies of one of the hardest-hit countries, Italy. We combine quarterly local labor market data with the new machine learning control method for counterfactual building. Our results document that the economic...

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COVID-19 and entrepreneurship entry and exit : opportunity amidst adversity

Otrachshenko, Vladimir; Popova, Olga; Nikolova, Milena; … - 2022

We theoretically and empirically examine how acquiring new skills and increased financial worries influenced entrepreneurship entry and exit intentions during the pandemic. To that end, we analyze primary survey data we collected in the aftermath of the COVID-19's first wave in Russia, which has...

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Technical change, task allocation, and labor unions

Marczak, Martyna; Beissinger, Thomas; Brall, Franziska - 2022

of both skill groups, and unemployment. In contrast to the canonical model with a fixed task allocation, low …-skilled workers may be harmed in terms of either lower wages or higher unemployment depending on the relative task …-2017. The simulated effects of SBTC on low-skilled unemployment are largely consistent with observed developments. For example …

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