Back to Business and (Re)employing Workers? Labor Market Activity During State COVID-19 Reopenings
dc.contributor.author | Cheng, Wei | |
dc.contributor.author | Carlin, Patrick | |
dc.contributor.author | Carroll, Joanna | |
dc.contributor.author | Gupta, Sumedha | |
dc.contributor.author | Rojas, Felipe Lozano | |
dc.contributor.author | Montenovo, Laura | |
dc.contributor.author | Nguyen, Thuy D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Schmutte, Ian M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Scrivner, Olga | |
dc.contributor.author | Simon, Kosali I. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wing, Coady | |
dc.contributor.author | Weinberg, Bruce | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Economics, IU School of Liberal Arts | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-04T14:15:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-04T14:15:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-06 | |
dc.description.abstract | We study the effect of state reopening policies on a large set of labor market indicators through May 2020 to: (1) understand the recent increase in employment using longitudinal as well as cross-sectional data, (2) assess the likely trajectory of reemployment going forward, and (3) investigate the strength of job matches that were disrupted by COVID-19. Estimates from event studies and difference-in-difference regressions suggest that some of the recent increases in employment activity, as measured by cellphone data on work-related mobility, internet searches related to employment, and new and continuing unemployment insurance claims, were likely related to state reopenings, often predating actual reopening dates somewhat. We provide suggestive evidence that increases in employment stem from people returning to their prior jobs: reopenings are only weakly related to job postings, and longitudinal CPS data show that large shares of the unemployed-on-layoff and employed-but-absent in April who transitioned to employment in May remain in the same industry or occupation. Longitudinal CPS estimates further show declines in reemployment probabilities with time away from work. Taken together, these estimates suggest that employment relationships are durable in the short run, but raise concerns that employment gains requiring new employment matches may not be as rapid. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Weinberg gratefully acknowledges support from UL1 TR002733 and R24 HD058484. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Cheng, W., Carlin, P., Carroll, J., Gupta, S., Rojas, F. L., Montenovo, L., Nguyen, T. D., Schmutte, I. M., Scrivner, O., Simon, K. I., Wing, C., & Weinberg, B. (2020). Back to Business and (Re)employing Workers? Labor Market Activity During State COVID-19 Reopenings (Working Paper No. 27419; Working Paper Series). National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w27419 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/23524 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | National Bureau of Economic Research | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.3386/w27419 | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | National Bureau of Economic Research | en_US |
dc.rights | Publisher Policy | en_US |
dc.source | Publisher | en_US |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | en_US |
dc.subject | Employment | en_US |
dc.subject | Labor Market | en_US |
dc.subject | Reopening | en_US |
dc.title | Back to Business and (Re)employing Workers? Labor Market Activity During State COVID-19 Reopenings | en_US |
dc.type | Report | en_US |
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