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Non-Working Workers: The unequal impact of Covid-19 on the Spanish labour market

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  • José Ignacio Garcia-Pérez

    (Department of Economics, Universidad Pablo de Olavide & FEDEA ;)

  • Antonio Villar

    (Department of Economics, Universidad Pablo de Olavide;)

Abstract
We present an evaluation model that aims at developing a synthetic index of non-employment that combines incidence and severity. This index considers, besides conventional unemployment rates, unemployment duration, discouraged workers and workers with suspended jobs. We have applied this methodology to the analysis of the impact of the Covid-19 in the Spanish labour market. The impact of the epidemics on the job market has been very asymmetric by regions and types of workers. Compared to the situation in the third quarter of 2019 we find that one year later the non-working index arrived to more than 150 in regions in the south whereas it is below 75 in regions like Navarra, Catalunya or Madrid. The dynamics of this indicator, though, shows that the larger increments have occurred among the regions with lower initial values, so that the variability is now smaller. Regarding age and education, we find that the young (and among them the less educated) are the population subgroup that suffers more intensely the impact of this new economic crisis. On the contrary, older workers seem to improve for all education subgroups during 2020. The main reason behind this is the asymmetric concentration of temporary collective redundancy scheme measures among older workers, what is very much connected with the dual character of the Spanish labour market regarding contract types and job security.

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  • José Ignacio Garcia-Pérez & Antonio Villar, 2020. "Non-Working Workers: The unequal impact of Covid-19 on the Spanish labour market," Working Papers 20.12, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Unemployment; Severity; Incidence; Unemployment Duration; Inequality; Covid-19.;
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    JEL classification:

    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure

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