Guven, Cahit; Sotirakopoulos, Panagiotis; Ulker, Aydogan - 2020
We examine the short-term labour market effects of COVID-19 and the associated national lockdown in Australia by … (LFP) by 2.1%, increased unemployment by 1.1% and reduced weekly working hours by 1.1. The national lockdown decreased LFP … increased due to the lockdown. The pandemic and the lockdown increased underemployment and job search efforts significantly. In …