Canadian labour market dynamics during COVID-19

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The Canadian labour market experienced a period of unprecedented turmoil following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyze the main changes using standard labour force statistics and new data on job postings. Envisaging a phase of temporary severing of employment relationships followed by a phase of more standard labour market search and matching, we use stock and flow data to understand key developments. We find dramatic changes in employment, unemployment and labour market attachment in 2020 and, looking forward to 2021, signs of an unusual recovery with co-existing strong labour demand and stubborn persistence in depressed employment rates.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper Series ; No. 37

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
• Thema: COVID-19 ; Coronavirus ; Job loss ; Unemployment ; Employment ; Transition rates

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Jones, Stephen R. G. ; Lange, Fabian ; Riddell, William Craig ; Warman, Casey
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Waterloo, Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF)
• (wo): Waterloo
• (wann): 2021

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/235863
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ