The Great Canadian Recovery: The Impact of COVID-19 on Canada's Labour Market

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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 the first few months of the pandemic and a broad though gradual recovery through to the end of 2021.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15404

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity ; Business Fluctuations; Cycles ; Health and Inequality ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Labor Demand ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
• Subject: COVID-19 ; coronavirus ; job loss ; unemployment ; employment ; transition rates

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Jones, Stephen R. G. ; Lange, Fabian ; Riddell, W. Craig ; Warman, Casey
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/263620
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET