The COVID confinement measures and EU labour markets. EUR 30190 EN
Fana, Marta ; Tolan, Songül ; Torrejón, Sergio ; Urzí Brancati, Maria Cesira ; Fernández Macías, Enrique
Publications Office of the European Union - Luxembourg
2020
33 p.
epidemic disease ; labour market ; freedom of movement ; health ; economic development ; telework ; employment ; employment status
Labour market
English
Bibliogr.
"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."
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ISBN (PDF) : 9789276183662
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