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Measuring the Cost of Covid-19 in Terms of the Rise in the Unemployment Rate: The Case of Spain

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  • Cuestas Juan Carlos
  • Ordóñez Javier
  • Monfort Mercedes

    (Department of Economics and IEI, Jaume I University, Castellón de la, Plana, Spain)

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In this article, we aim to estimate what the cost of Covid-19 has been in terms of unemployment for Spain. We use a simple autoregressive model to simulate what the unemployment rate would have been without the pandemic and we compare this with the actual values. We also forecast the unemployment rate for 2021 and 2022 to analyse the persistence of the pandemic shock to unemployment.

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  • Cuestas Juan Carlos & Ordóñez Javier & Monfort Mercedes, 2021. "Measuring the Cost of Covid-19 in Terms of the Rise in the Unemployment Rate: The Case of Spain," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment Journal, De Gruyter, vol. 15(1), pages 112-114, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:econoa:v:15:y:2021:i:1:p:112-114:n:4
    DOI: 10.1515/econ-2021-0009
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    Keywords

    unemployment; Spain; persistence; Covid-19;
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    JEL classification:

    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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