Policy sequences during and after COVID-19: A review of labour market policy patterns

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After an initial policy emphasis on stabilizing jobs and income through job retention and various types of income support measures, more subsequent country responses to the economic shock generated by the COVID-19 pandemic also include policies to support labour market (re-)entry. This policy brief tracks the sequential logic of labour market policies across a sample of countries from all world regions. It shows the temporal overlap of many measures and highlights potential lessons for a future-oriented and more resilient institutional set-up. Although the implementation of policy measures across countries did not follow a clear sequencing as in previous recessions, it is encouraging to see that the latest experiences from policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis already show developments that could be part of a post-pandemic set-up of labour market policies. Some policy responses to COVID-19 also reflect learning from the difficulties and deficits encountered during and after the Great Recession.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Policy Paper ; No. 186

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity ; Crisis Management ; Labor Economics Policies ; Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: Public Policy ; Comparative Studies of Countries
• Subject: work ; decent work ; employment policy ; education ; skills ; rapid assessment ; economic recovery ; economic sectors ; gender equality ; youth ; COVID-19 ; survey

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Eichhorst, Werner ; Marx, Paul ; Rinne, Ulf ; Brunner, Johannes
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/273695
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET