Labour Supply during Lockdown and a "New Normal": The Case of the Netherlands
We document the evolution of hours of work using monthly data from February to June 2020. During this period, the Netherlands experienced a quick spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, enacted a lockdown for a period of six weeks and gradually opened thereafter. We show that during lock-down, substitutability between work from home and at the workplace or essential worker status are key to maintain a large fraction of pre-crisis hours of work. These pandemic-specific mechanisms become much less important as social distancing restrictions are eased in May and June. Labor supply recovers quickly in sec... 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 / J2 / H3 / hours of work / telecommuting / essential workers / labor hoarding / COVID-19 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26846712 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/227150 |