Did the Australian Jobkeeper Program Save Jobs by Subsidizing Temporary Layoffs?

Jeff Borland and Jennifer Hunt ()
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Jennifer Hunt: Rutgers University

No 14859, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We analyze the JobKeeper lump-sum wage subsidy introduced by the Australian government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, paying particular attention to the role of temporary layoffs in saving jobs. Although temporary layoffs were widely used, we find that recalls of workers on temporary layoff played only a small role in the early recovery. This suggests either that temporary layoffs were very long, or that many workers on temporary layoffs were never recalled.

Keywords: COVID-19; JobKeeper; wage subsidy; temporary layoffs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J08 J20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2021-11
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