This study examines the initial impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on the employment and hours of unincorporated self …-employed workers using data from the Current Population Survey. Although the shutdowns decreased employment and hours for all groups … effects on employment and hours …

shock. Third, we present evidence coherent with the idea that more leveraged sectors experience larger employment volatility … reduction of liquidity to firms. Next we draw on sector-level data on employment and leverage in a number of OECD countries at … quarterly frequencies to assess whether highly leveraged equilibria originate more employment adjustment under financial …

We examine employment effects of the COVID-19 crisis in Norway during the initial lockdown, through the subsequent … pandemic, both the level and the socioeconomic composition of employment quickly returned to normal. In contrast, we find … considerable negative long-term employment effects on people who were non-employed when the crisis hit. We argue that these …

impact that the enactment of various types of E-verify mandates may have on the employment and wages of these two populations …. We find that the enactment of both universal and public-sector only mandates reduce employment of likely unauthorized … workers. Meanwhile, employment verification does not affect naturalized Hispanic workers but increases the employment …

, and policy restrictions, we consider a range of employment outcomes—including permanent layoffs, which generate large and … how these employment patterns vary across different states, according to the timing and severity of virus caseloads … economic activity reduce employment rates concurrently, but do not seem to have lingering effects once relaxed. In contrast …