Job Retention Schemes during COVID-19: A Review of Policy Responses

Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx (), Ulf Rinne and Johannes Brunner
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Paul Marx: University of Bonn
Johannes Brunner: IZA

No 187, IZA Policy Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This policy brief provides an update on job retention policies in a sample of 20 countries representing the main world regions as well as the diverse types of job retention schemes, in particular short-time work, furlough and wage subsidy schemes as they have been implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We show the diversity of these policies as well as the available information about their (re-)design as the pandemic evolved up to the most recent period. The policy brief raises main issues regarding the implementation and adaptation of job retention policies and illustrated this with four case studies.

Keywords: survey; COVID-19; youth; gender equality; economic sectors; economic recovery; rapid assessment; skills; education; employment policy; decent work; work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 H12 J08 J22 J65 J68 O57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2022-06
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