Arbeitspapier

Labor market policies during an epidemic

We study the positive and normative implications of labor market policies that counteract the economic fallout from containment measures during an epidemic. We incorporate a standard epidemiological model into an equilibrium search model of the labor market to compare unemployment insurance (UI) expansions and payroll subsidies. In isolation, payroll subsidies that preserve match capital and enable a swift economic recovery are preferred over a cost-equivalent UI expansion. When considered jointly, however, a cost-equivalent optimal mix allocates 20 percent of the budget to payroll subsidies and 80 percent to UI. The two policies are complementary, catering to different rungs of the productivity ladder. The small share of payroll subsidies is sufficient to preserve high-productivity jobs, but it leaves room for social assistance to workers who face inevitable job loss.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Staff Report ; No. 943

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
Fiscal Policy
Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
Thema
COVID-19
fiscal policy
labor productivity
unemployment
job search

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Birinci, Serdar
Karahan, Fatih
Mercan, Yusuf
See, Kurt
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(wo)
New York, NY
(wann)
2020

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Birinci, Serdar
  • Karahan, Fatih
  • Mercan, Yusuf
  • See, Kurt
  • Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Entstanden

  • 2020

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