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AutorIn 1: |
von Gaudecker, Hans-Martin |
AutorIn 2: |
Holler, Radost |
AutorIn 3: |
Janys, Lena |
weitere AutorInnen: |
Siflinger, Bettina; Zimpelmann, Christian |
HerausgeberIn 1: |
IZA – Institute of Labor Economics |
Titel: |
Labour Supply in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence on Hours, Home Office, and Expectations |
Ort: |
Bonn |
Verlag: |
IZA – Institute of Labor Economics |
Jahr: |
2020 |
Reihe: |
DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES, IZA DP No. 13158 |
Abstract: |
"(...) Using a survey module administered in late March 2020, we analyze how working hours change under
the social distancing regulations enacted to fight the CoViD-19 pandemic. We study the Netherlands, which
are a prototypical Western European country, both in terms of its welfare system and its response to the
pandemic. We show that total hours decline and more so for the self-employed and those with lower
educational degrees. The education gradient appears because workers with a tertiary degree work a much
higher number of hours from home. The strength of this effect is dampened by the government defining some
workers to be essential for the working of the economy. Across sectors, we show that there are two clusters:
One dominated by office-type occupations with high shares of academics, home-office hours, and low
fractions of essential workers; and one where manual tasks and social interactions are prevalent with low
shares of academics, home office hours, and often high shares of essential workers. Short-term expectations
show that workers expect current patterns to prevail and that they expect a lot from government support
schemes. In particular, many workers expect to keep their jobs in early June due to government support and
the expected unemployment response is far lower than in the U.S. or the U.K. (...)"
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