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Aggregate Earnings and Macroeconomic Shocks : The Role of Labour Market Policies and Institutions
Bassanini, Andrea - 2012
up to 29 years. I find that high and progressive labour taxes and generous unemployment benefits amplify labour income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099104
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Inequality in the impact of the Coronavirus shock : evidence from real time surveys
Adams-Prassl, Abi; Boneva, Teodora; Golin, Marta; Rauh, … - 2020
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012211549
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Job loss and food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic
Milovanska-Farrington, Stefani - 2021
Nutritious eating habits contribute to a stronger immune system necessary for prevention and easier recovery from illnesses. A job loss, experienced by millions of Americans during the Covid-19 pandemic, is expected to negatively affect food security of families. This research explores the...
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Study on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the national unemployment rate
Creţu, Diana - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 243-250). 2021
In this article I set out to present the situation in terms of unemployment rate, the number of registered unemployed … but also the share of unemployed nationwide in the period 2020-2021. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the unemployment rate … state with a technical unemployment benefit, which led to the highest unemployment rate in the last two years, resulting in …
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Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Reservation Wage : Evidence from Japan
Kazekami, Sachiko - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic can change the reservation wage because of changes in people’s preferences due to the risk of infection, the accelerating trend of remote work, and the worsened household economy. Using data from Japan on job seekers’ desired wages, we found that the upward trend of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013289302
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The COVID-19 pandemic's evolving impacts on the labor market: who's been hurt and what we should do
Hershbein, Brad; Holzer, Harry J. - 2021
In this paper, we shed light on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market, and how they have evolved over most of the year 2020. Relying primarily on microdata from the CPS and state-level data on virus caseloads, mortality, and policy restrictions, we consider a range of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012436380
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Job search during a pandemic recession: survey evidence from the Netherlands
Balgova, Maria; Trenkle, Simon; Zimpelmann, Christian; … - 2021
This paper studies job search behavior in the midst of a pandemic recession. We use long-running panel data from the Netherlands (LISS) and complement the core survey with our own COVID-specific module, conducted in June 2020, surveying job search effort of employed as well as unemployed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012486385
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Employment and labour market vulnerabilities during COVID-19 : the case of Romania
Chivu, Luminita; Georgescu, George - 2021
support measures, in the short term, the Romanian labour market is facing the unemployment rate increase, at least in 2020, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012491686
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How did the COVID-19 crisis affect different types of workers in the developing world?
Kugler, Maurice; Viollaz, Mariana; Duque, Daniel; … - 2021
This paper investigates the impacts of the economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the employment of … countries suggest that following the initial shock at the start of the pandemic, employment rates partially recovered between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583672
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Inequality in the impact of the coronavirus shock : evidence from real time surveys
Adams-Prassl, Abi; Boneva, Teodora; Golin, Marta; Rauh, … - 2020
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207117