employment and wages in the United States. Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we document that COVID-19 increased the unemployment … their labor market outcomes affected, while workers working in proximity to coworkers are more affected. The unemployment …, these policies increased unemployment by nearly 4 percentage points, but reduced COVID-19 cases by 186,600-311,000, and …

increased the unemployment rate, decreased hours of work and labor force participation and had no significant impacts on wages …

-analysis plan, we investigate the negative impact of the pandemic on unemployment, labour force participation, hours and wages in …

effects, low real wages and low unemployment are the result. With an intermediate view, i.e. when partial equilibrium effects … within a sector are taken into account, high real wages and unemployment result. If all general equilibrium effects are … simultaneously considered, we once again obtain a situation of low wages and unemployment. The assumption that unions and employers …

that the European unemployment problem can be traced back partially to insufficient recognition of general equilibrium …

leads to constantly rising unemployment and tax rates. The resulting crisis may trigger new insights into economic …