Employment dynamics across firms during COVID-19: The role of job retention schemes

This paper analyses employment dynamics across firms during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of job retention schemes (JRS) in shaping these dynamics. It relies on a novel collection of high-frequency harmonised micro-aggregated statistics, computed using administrative data on employment and wage...

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Main Author: Calligaris, Sara (Author)
Other Authors: Ciminelli, Gabriele (Contributor), Costa, Hélia (Contributor), Criscuolo, Chiara (Contributor), Demmou, Lilas (Contributor), Desnoyers-James, Isabelle (Contributor), Franco, Guido (Contributor), Verlhac, Rudy (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2023
Series:OECD Economics Department Working Papers no.1788
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This paper analyses employment dynamics across firms during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of job retention schemes (JRS) in shaping these dynamics. It relies on a novel collection of high-frequency harmonised micro-aggregated statistics, computed using administrative data on employment and wages from electronic payroll records across 12 countries linked to monthly information on policy support during COVID-19, as well as on a new indicator of JRS de-jure generosity. The analysis highlights four key findings: i) the employment adjustment margins varied over time, adjusting mainly through the intensive margin in 2020, while both the intensive and the extensive margins contributed to employment changes in 2021; ii) the reallocation process remained productivity enhancing, although to a lower extent on average compared to 2019; iii) JRS were successful in their purpose of cushioning the effect of the crisis on employment growth and firm survival; iv) JRS support did not distort the productivity-enhancing nature of reallocation.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (67 Seiten) 21 x 28cm.