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policy-oriented studies have dealt with the evolution of unemployment in 2020, often country by country, this article focuses … on the evolution of unemployment as well as inactivity across European countries. Indeed, previous crises have typically … lead not only to more unemployment but also to larger numbers of discouraged unemployed and thus more inactivity. It …
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document the employment losses in April 2020 across various groups using the U.S. Current Population Survey. The unemployment …COVID-19 substantially decreased employment, but the effects vary among demographic and socioeconomic groups. We … rate understates employment losses. We focus on the percentage of the civilian population that is employed and at work …
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force and employment outcomes of rural women between 2011 and 2019. Using a generalized difference-in-differences approach …, we find that SHG membership is positively associated with labor force participation and employment of rural women. We … also find evidence that SHG membership is associated with a shift towards self-employment and a crowd-out of casual work …
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This study provides a critical assessment of various fiscal policy instruments - including direct public job creation, active labour market and care policies, social protection measures and tax reforms - and their effectiveness in supporting the most vulnerable groups in the labour market....
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Using data of the largest online job board in China, Zhaopin.com, we examine the impacts of the lockdown policy on the Chinese labor market demand during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The analyses reveal that the lockdown policy, which was implemented in Wuhan on January 23, 2020,...
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to their similarity ranking. Occupational exposure by wage and employment dynamics in the United States is then studied …
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Historically, the Spanish labor market has been quite unstable. The unexpected arrival of COVID-19 in 2020 has stressed these vulnerabilities. In this paper, we analyze the immediate impact of the pandemic on Spanish labor market outcomes. We find that, during the lockdown period, individuals...
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