Inequality in the impact of the coronavirus shock: Evidence from real time surveys

By Abi Adams-Prassl, Teodora Boneva, M. Golin. Journal of Public Economics, 2020

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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 countries, the impacts are highly unequal and exacerbate existing inequalities. Workers in alternative work arrangements and in occupations in which only a small share of tasks can be done from home are more likely to have reduced their hours, lost their jobs and suffered falls in earnings. Less educated workers and women are more affected by the crisis.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Modeling and Simulation

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Work that Can Be Done from Home: Evidence on Variation within and Across Occupations and Industries (2020, background): “With lockdown and social distancing measures in place, telework has often been the only way for non-essential workers to carry out their work (Adams-Prassl et al. 2020a; Bick and Blandin 2020). To understand the labor market impacts of the pandemic and to design better targeted policies, it is cruci”
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The Long-Term Distributional and Welfare Effects of Covid-19 School Closures (2020, background): “20 This lies well in the range of estimates provided on the basis of real time surveys by Adams-Prassl et al. (2020). 19For example, Hertz et al. (2007) report a regression coefficient for the U.”
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