Following the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic, countries worldwide adopted new or scaled up existing job retention schemes. This paper examines the labor market effects of the Danish wage compensation scheme for employees, which offered wage subsidies to private firms that furloughed workers...

House prices increased considerably in Denmark during the pandemic, while consumption remained moderate. This memo explores the nature of the muted consumption response based on a unique data set with estimates of the value of almost all single- and multi-family houses in Denmark obtained from a...

The Danish labour market experienced a historically severe setback after the partial shutdown of the economy but is now recovering. This Economic Memo gives a detailed account of the developments on the Danish labour market over the past six months and serves as the foundation for Danmarks...

House prices increased considerably in Denmark during the pandemic, while consumption remained moderate. This memo explores the nature of the muted consumption response based on a unique data set with estimates of the value of almost all single- and multi-family houses in Denmark obtained from a...