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Labour Market Shocks During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Inequalities and Child Outcomes
Hupkau, Claudia; Isphording, Ingo E.; Machin, Stephen J.; … - 2021
We study the effect of negative labour market shocks borne by parents during the Covid-19 crisis on resource and time investments in children and the channels through which negative labour market shocks experienced by parents might affect children. Using data collected in the UK before and...
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Back to Work : The Unequal Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Ecuador's Labor Market
Olivieri, Sergio Daniel; Ortega, Francesc; Rivadeneira, Ana - 2023
Using the 2021 and 2022 HFPS for Ecuador, the paper investigates the labor market trajectories of different socio-economic groups. The analysis shows that the employment of older individuals, less-educated workers, and women fell disproportionately. However, while the recovery between 2021 and...
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The Early Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Labour Market Outcomes of Natives and Migrants in the UK
Morando, Greta - 2022
using UK data, it finds that unemployment has increased for both natives and migrants as has, consequently, the benefits …
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The Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Job Loss Induced Mental Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US
Mukhopadhyay, Sankar - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented level of job losses in the U.S., where a job loss is also associated with the loss of health insurance. This paper uses data from the 2020 Household Pulse Survey (HPS) and difference-in-difference (DD) regressions to estimate the effect of the...
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Explaining Governors' Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the United States
Baccini, Leonardo - 2020
What is the response of US governors to the COVID-19 pandemic? In this research note, we explore the determinants of implementing stay-at-home orders, focusing on governors' characteristics. In our most conservative estimate, being a Democratic governor increases the probability of implementing...
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The Covid-19 Pandemic and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
Baccini, Leonardo; Brodeur, Abel; Weymouth, Stephen - 2021
What is the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 U.S. presidential election? Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we estimate the effect of COVID-19 cases and deaths on the change in county-level voting for Donald Trump between 2016 and 2020. To account for potential confounders, we include a...
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Job Search During the COVID-19 Crisis
Hensvik, Lena - 2020
This paper measures the job-search responses to the COVID-19 pandemic using realtime data on vacancy postings and ad views on Sweden's largest online job board. First, the labour demand shock in Sweden is as large as in the US, and affects industries and occupations heterogeneously. Second, the...
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Job Search During a Pandemic Recession : Survey Evidence from the Netherlands
Balgova, Maria; Trenkle, Simon; Zimpelmann, Christian; … - 2021
This paper studies job search behavior in the midst of a pandemic recession. We use long-running panel data from the Netherlands (LISS) and complement the core survey with our own COVID-specific module, conducted in June 2020, surveying job search effort of employed as well as unemployed...
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Unemployment Paths in a Pandemic Economy
Petrosky-Nadeau, Nicolas - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the U.S. economy and labor market. We assess the initial spike in unemployment due to … the virus response and possible paths for the official unemployment rate through 2021. Substantial uncertainty surrounds … the path for measured unemployment, depending on the path of the virus and containment measures and their impact on …
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Gender Inequality During the Covid-19 Pandemic : Income, Expenditure, Savings, and Job Loss
Dang, Hai-Anh; Nguyen, Cuong Viet - 2021
unemployment rates. But scant, if any, evidence exists on gender gaps in economic outcomes such as income, expenditure, savings …
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