%0 Report
        %A Borland, Jeff
%A Hunt, Jennifer
        %T Did the Australian Jobkeeper Program Save Jobs by Subsidizing Temporary Layoffs?
        %D 2021
        %8 2021 Nov
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 14859
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp14859
        %X We analyze the JobKeeper lump-sum wage subsidy introduced by the Australian government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, paying particular attention to the role of temporary layoffs in saving jobs. Although temporary layoffs were widely used, we find that recalls of workers on temporary layoff played only a small role in the early recovery. This suggests either that temporary layoffs were very long, or that many workers on temporary layoffs were never recalled.
        %K COVID-19
%K JobKeeper
%K wage subsidy
%K temporary layoffs