The heterogeneous effects of COVID-19 on labor market flows: evidence from administrative data.

ABSTRACT: We investigate the short-term effects of COVID-19 on labor market flows and how they are mediated by labor market policy. Using Italian administrative data on a sample of active contracts between 2009 and the second quarter of 2020, we show that, before the pandemic, a higher share of female compared to male, young compared to old and low educated compared to high educated workers is employed in non-essential activities. When we look at the change in hirings and separations, from the 9th week of 2020 - the time when first cases and deaths due to COVID-19 were recorded -, we find a pronounced drop in hirings and endings of fixed-term contracts. Layoffs and quits increase after the 9th week, and then decline significantly, reflecting the effects of government intervention. The lifting of the

SUBMITTER: Casarico A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8940582 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature