The Dutch Labour Market Early on in the COVID-19 Outbreak: Regional Coronavirus Hotspots and the National Lockdown
We explore the impact of COVID-19 hotspots and regional lockdowns on the Dutch labour market. Using weekly administrative panel microdata for 50 per cent of Dutch employees until the end of March 2020, we study whether individual labour market outcomes, as measured by employment, working hours and hourly wages, were more strongly affected in provinces where COVID-19 confirmed cases, hospitalizations and mortality were relatively high. We do not observe a region-specific impact of COVID-19 on labour market outcomes. The results suggest individual characteristics are more important, including th... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | doc-type:workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
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Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Schlagwörter: | ddc:330 / I15 / I18 / J20 / J30 / J64 / COVID-19 / coronavirus hotspots / lockdown / employment / working hours / wages |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26688812 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/227200 |