-term employment stability among those who lost their jobs early in the pandemic in contrast to the group of the longer-term unemployed … disproportionate challenges during the pandemic. They were more inclined to transition into precarious employment arrangements and … experienced lower levels of employment stability in the months following re-employment. …

market deregulation, proxied by the employment protection legislation index, is detrimental to unemployment in the short run … employment protection, young workers are almost twice as strongly affected as older workers. Regarding product market …