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...

Over the coming years, the workingage population of native Danes is expected to fall substantially, and tailwinds from past labour market reforms will, to some extent, die down. As the structural labour force is expected to increase at a slower pace, international recruitments may come to play...

Over the decade that preceded the pandemic recession, wage and price inflation remained low in Denmark and other advanced economies, despite falling unemployment rates. We attribute the subdued inflation to a fall in the propensity of employed workers to look for other jobs and higher wages....

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...

Before the pandemic, wage and price inflation remained low in Denmark and other advanced economies, despite falling unemployment rates. We attribute the subdued inflation to low competition among firms to hire employed workers. This same force may continue to constrain inflation once the current...

Over the coming years, the workingage population of native Danes is expected to fall substantially, and tailwinds from past labour market reforms will, to some extent, die down. As the structural labour force is expected to increase at a slower pace, international recruitments may come to play...

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...