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Job Search in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Funded by IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Funder

    IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

  • Principal Investigator

    Nico Pestel, Maria Balgova, Simon Trenkle, Christian Zimpelmann

  • Research Location

    Netherlands

  • Lead Research Institution

    N/A

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Economic impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

This project studies beliefs about job finding probabilities and actual job search behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic using rich panel data from the Netherlands. The researchers focus on unemployed individuals but also elicit beliefs about job finding rates for the employed in hypothetical settings and for respondents who expect to lose their job in the near future. The study also surveys the importance of a wide range of job characteristics and examines how these may have changed due to the pandemic.