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and employers, and alters the structure of wages. The big shift also reduces wage-growth pressures during the transition … and real product wages for firms. …
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In this ongoing project, we examine the short-term consequences of COVID-19 on employment and wages in the United … increased the unemployment rate, decreased hours of work and labor force participation and had no significant impacts on wages …
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-analysis plan, we investigate the negative impact of the pandemic on unemployment, labour force participation, hours and wages in …
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employment and wages in the United States. Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we document that COVID-19 increased the unemployment …
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No matter the cause, recessions are usually accompanied by some combination of job loss, hiring freezes, wage cuts or hours reductions. In a rapidly evolving economic crisis there is a need for timely information to assess labour market performance and develop strategies to address the problems...
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market outcomes, as measured by employment, working hours and hourly wages, were more strongly affected in provinces where …
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higher wages than those working on-site, and the difference increased sharply during the pandemic. Real wages grew 4 …
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This research documents changes in employment and wages in the Netherlands for different types of workers. We compare … 2017 to 2023 using regression-adjusted wages to make sure changes in composition of the workforce do not influence our … slightly fallen. Wages have been rising for workers at the bottom of the wage distribution. From the median of the wage …
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The UK is 'locked down' because of coronavirus (COVID-19). No clear exit strategy currently exists. This paper suggests a possible way forward that combines elements from economics and epidemiology. The paper proposes as a policy a 'release' from lockdown of the young cohort of UK citizens aged...
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We use a repeated large-scale survey of households in the Nielsen Homescan panel to characterize how labor markets are being affected by the covid-19 pandemic. We document several facts. First, job loss has been significantly larger than implied by new unemployment claims: we estimate 20 million...
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