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How did the COVID-19 crisis affect different types of workers in the developing world?
Kugler, Maurice; Viollaz, Mariana; Duque, Daniel; … - 2021
This paper investigates the impacts of the economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the employment of … countries suggest that following the initial shock at the start of the pandemic, employment rates partially recovered between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583672
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Who's hit hardest? : the persistence of the employment shock by the COVID-19 crisis
Han, Joseph - In: KDI-journal of economic policy 43 (2021) 2, pp. 23-51
The persistence of the employment shock by COVID-19 has various policy implications during the pandemic and beyond it … results show that while face-to-face services were undoubtedly hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis, the sectoral shock was less … suggest that targeted measures to mitigate the persistent effects of the employment shock should take priority during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012591513
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The heterogeneous labor market impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic
Matias, Guido; Forsythe, Eliza C. - 2020
We study the distributional consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic's impacts on employment. Using CPS data on stocks and flows, we show that the pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing inequalities. Although employment losses have been widespread, they have been substantially larger in lower-paying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012224341
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Labour market shocks during the COVID-19 pandemic, inequalities and child outcomes
Hupkau, Claudia; Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Machin, Stephen; … - 2020
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390573
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Canadian labour market dynamics during COVID-19
Jones, Stephen R. G.; Lange, Fabian; Riddell, William Craig - 2021
The Canadian labour market experienced a period of unprecedented turmoil following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyze the main changes using standard labour force statistics and new data on job postings. Envisaging a phase of temporary severing of employment relationships followed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012596068
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Job search during the covid-19 crisis
Hensvik, Lena; Le Barbanchon, Thomas; Rathelot, Roland - 2021
changes in vacancies would predict. Overall, these job search responses have the potential to amplify the labour demand shock. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419555
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Job search during the COVID-19 crisis
Hensvik, Lena; Le Barbanchon, Thomas; Rathelot, Roland - 2020
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 scope and direction of search change. Job seekers respond to the shock by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213681
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Temporary Layoffs, Loss-of-Recall and Cyclical Unemployment Dynamics
Gertler, Mark; Huckfeldt, Christopher K.; Trigari, Antonella - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We revisit the role of temporary layoffs in the business cycle, motivated by their unprecedented surge during the pandemic recession. We first measure the contribution of temporary layoffs to unemployment dynamics over the period 1979 to the present. While many have emphasized a stabilizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334353
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Canadian labour market dynamics during COVID-19
Jones, Stephen R. G.; Lange, Fabian; Riddell, William Craig - 2021
The Canadian labour market experienced a period of unprecedented turmoil following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyze the main changes using standard labour force statistics and new data on job postings. Envisaging a phase of temporary severing of employment relationships followed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012591149
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The path through : early COVID-19 job loss and labour market trajectories in Austria
Jestl, Stefan; Tverdostup, Maryna - 2024
This paper examines the socio-demographic disparities evident in the early labour market response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria, relying on the register-based labour market career dataset from the Austrian Micro Data Center (AMDC) for the 2018-2021 period. The analysis focuses on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534535