Did COVID-19 induce a reallocation wave?

Agostino Consolo and Filippos Petroulakis

No 2703, Working Paper Series from European Central Bank

Abstract: Recent research has argued that the COVID-19 shock has also brought about a reallocation shock. We examine the evidence for such an occurrence in the United States, taking a broad perspective. We first consider micro data from CPS and JOLTS; there is no noticeable uptick in occupation or sector switches, nor churn, either at the aggregate level or the cross-section, or when broken down by firms’ size. We then examine whether mismatch unemployment has risen as a result of the pandemic; using an off-the-shelf multisector search and matching model, there is little evidence for an important role for mismatch in driving the elevated unemployment rate. Finally, we employ a novel Bayesian SVAR framework with sign restrictions to identify a reallocation shock; we find that it has played a relatively minor role in explaining labor market patterns in the pandemic, at least relative to its importance in earlier episodes. JEL Classification: E24, J63

Keywords: COVID-19; mismatch; reallocation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-08
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