The COVID confinement measures and EU labour markets

Marta Fana (), Songul Tolan (), Sergio Torrejón Pérez, Maria Cesira Urzì Brancati and Enrique Fernandez Macias ()
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Marta Fana: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Songul Tolan: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Enrique Fernandez Macias: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Enrique Fernandez-Macias

No JRC120578, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: This paper assesses the potential impact of the early 2020 COVID confinement measures on EU labour markets, on the basis of an analysis of the restrictions on economic activity imposed in three EU Member States (Italy, Spain and Germany). Following the legislative measures adopted, we classify all economic sectors into different categories according to the likely impact of the COVID crisis, and compare the share of employment that is likely to be strongly affected in each country. Once this is done, we apply these categories of sectors to recent data on EU employment and estimate the groups of workers that would be more or less affected by the economic lockdown measures. Finally, we use all this information to speculate about possible mid-term developments and broader socio-economic implications of the COVID crisis in Europe.

Keywords: Impact of Covid19; COVID lockdown measures; COVID confinement measures; employment impact of COVID; Covid-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-04
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