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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w27159 |
来源ID | Working Paper 27159 |
The U.S. Labor Market during the Beginning of the Pandemic Recession | |
Tomaz Cajner; Leland D. Crane; Ryan A. Decker; John Grigsby; Adrian Hamins-Puertolas; Erik Hurst; Christopher Kurz; Ahu Yildirmaz | |
发表日期 | 2020-05-18 |
出版年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Using weekly administrative payroll data from the largest U.S. payroll processing company, we measure the evolution of the U.S. labor market during the first four months of the global COVID-19 pandemic. After aggregate employment fell by 21 percent through late-April, employment rebounded somewhat through late-June. The re-opening of temporarily shuttered businesses contributed significantly to the employment rebound, particularly for smaller businesses. We show that worker recall has been an important component of recent employment gains for both re-opening and continuing businesses. Employment losses have been concentrated disproportionately among lower wage workers; as of late June employment for workers in the lowest wage quintile was still 20 percent lower relative to mid-February levels. As a result, average base wages increased between February and June, though this increase arose entirely through a composition effect. Finally, we document that businesses have cut nominal wages for almost 7 million workers while forgoing regularly scheduled wage increases for many others. |
主题 | Macroeconomics ; Consumption and Investment ; Business Cycles ; Labor Economics ; Labor Supply and Demand ; Industrial Organization ; Firm Behavior ; COVID-19 |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w27159 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/584832 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Tomaz Cajner,Leland D. Crane,Ryan A. Decker,et al. The U.S. Labor Market during the Beginning of the Pandemic Recession. 2020. |
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