Una reflexión sobre las primeras respuestas de política al impacto del Covid-19 sobre el empleo

Malo, Miguel (2020): Una reflexión sobre las primeras respuestas de política al impacto del Covid-19 sobre el empleo.

Abstract

In this article, I present a survey of the first policy answers to the pandemica crisis of Covid-19. This survey focuses on the effects on employment and working conditions, because the pandemic shock is just a direct shock on labour supply. As a result, it is a supply and demand shock at the same time. I discuss the recommendations of the International Labour Organization in terms of the design and implementation of labour market policies, in developed, emerging, and developing countries. A section on the employment impacts of the pandemic and the future of work closes the article.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: A reflection on the first mitigating policies of the impact of Covid-19 on employment
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Covid-19; labour market policies; short-time work; developing countries; future of work
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I10 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J20 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J68 - Public Policy

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