We present real time survey evidence from the UK, US and Germany showing that the labor market impacts of COVID-19 differ considerably across countries. Employees in Germany, which has a well-established short-time work scheme, are substantially less likely to be affected by the crisis. Within...

The COVID19 pandemic has caused shocks to the demand for home childcare (with the closure of schools and nurseries) and the supply of home childcare (with many people not working). We collect real-time data on daily lives to document that UK families with young children have been doing the...

Using large, geographically representative surveys from the US and UK, we document variation in the percentage of tasks workers can do from home. We highlight three dimensions of heterogeneity that have previously been neglected. First, the share of tasks that can be done from home varies...

COVID-19 has uprooted many aspects of parents' daily routines, from their jobs to their childcare arrangements. In this paper, we provide a novel description of how parents in England living in two-parent opposite-gender families are spending their time under lockdown. We find that mothers' paid...

Mit der starken Reduktion des Präsenzunterrichts im Kontext der Corona-Pandemie hat die Eigeninitiative der Schüler beim Einüben des Schulstoffs für ihre Kompetenzentwicklung deutlich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Daher muss gezielt darauf hingearbeitet werden, dass die Freude der Kinder und...

Die offiziellen Zahlen der Bundesagentur für Arbeit geben zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt Hoffnung, dass die Corona-Pandemie in der Zeitarbeit nicht so tiefe Spuren hinterlassen könnte wie man angesichts des Einbruchs und der Einschränkungen in manchen Teilen der Wirtschaft hätte befürchten können....

Like most countries, the Swiss government adopted drastic measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus. These measures were aimed at avoiding close physical proximity between people. The adverse economic consequences of this lockdown policy became immediately apparent, with almost two million...

Die Analyse der 26. Welle des IW-Personalpanels zeigt, dass im Spätherbst 2020 rund die Hälfte der Unternehmen in Deutschland von negativen wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie berichtete. Das IW-Personalpanel ermöglicht darüber hinaus auch eine Einschätzung, in welchem...

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...