This paper evaluates the short-term labour market impact of the COVID-19 Containment measures in Germany. We take the … from employment into unemployment in April 2020 were due to the containment measures. In a second approach, we make use of … the unemployment effect coming from the separations margin. In sum, the lockdown measures increased unemployment in the …

This paper evaluates the short-term labour market impact of the COVID-19 containment measures in Germany. It examines … two dimensions of the first lockdown in Germany, namely the length and the strength of the lockdown. While the assessment … considerably increased inflows from employment into unemployment, and 33 percent of the reduced outflows from unemployment to …

Germany and the United States pursued different economic strategies to minimise the impact of the Coronavirus Crisis on … the labour market. Germany focused on safeguarding existing jobs through the use of internal flexibility measures … contrasting it with the chosen strategy in the United States. In Germany, temporary cyclical reductions in working hours are …

This paper evaluates the short-term labour market impact of the COVID-19 containment measures in Germany. It examines … two dimensions of the first lockdown in Germany, namely the length and the strength of the lockdown. While the assessment … considerably increased inflows from employment into unemployment, and 33 percent of the reduced outflows from unemployment to …

market evolved before and after the pandemic. In sum, unemployment remains high in Greece, well above the euro area average … unemployment over the past three years. The high share of long-term unemployment and the rather elevated estimates of efficient … unemployment presented in this article also point in the same direction. Given the recent strong employment growth and the prospect …

, greater average firm productivity, a larger formal employment share, and a marginally lower unemployment rate. …

stock and flow data to understand key developments. We find dramatic changes in employment, unemployment and labour market …