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The US labour market after the COVID-19 recession

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  • Gomez-Salvador, Ramon
  • Soudan, Michel

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The US economy has endured an exceptionally severe recession caused by the measures put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19. This occasional paper assesses the impact of this crisis on key labour market variables, such as (un-)employment, wages and productivity, and highlights the differences versus past recessions, with an emphasis on the global financial crisis (GFC). It also presents a comparison of developments in certain key variables between the euro area and the United States, and it discusses the outlook in the United States for the ongoing recovery. JEL Classification: J20, J30, J60

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  • Gomez-Salvador, Ramon & Soudan, Michel, 2022. "The US labour market after the COVID-19 recession," Occasional Paper Series 298, European Central Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecb:ecbops:2022298
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    Keywords

    Beveridge curve; job flows; labour market tightness; Phillips curve; unemployment rate;
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    JEL classification:

    • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
    • J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General
    • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General

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