Labor Markets during War Time: Evidence from Online Job Ads

Tho Pham, Oleksandr Talavera () and Zhuangchen Wu
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Zhuangchen Wu: University of Birmingham

Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, University of Birmingham

Abstract: This study examines the short- and medium-term impacts of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war on the labor market for Ukrainian workers. Using a unique dataset of 5.4 million online job ads for Ukrainian job seekers in Poland and Ukraine over the 2021-2022 period, we show a short-term surge in demand for Ukrainians to work in Poland while the number of jobs in Ukraine is relatively stable. Since February 2022, the demand for soft and analytical skills in Ukraine has increased, while the demand for such skills in Poland has remained the same. Moreover, there is variation in labor demand depending on skills level and occupational gender segregation. Further analysis suggests a persistent shift (to the left) in wage distribution driven by both the decline of wages within job titles and the change in job composition.

Keywords: labor demand; forced migration; stayers; wage; Ukraine-Russia war; online vacancies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J20 J30 J61 N30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2023-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cis, nep-des, nep-lab, nep-mig, nep-pay, nep-tra and nep-ure
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