TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Braband, Carsten
AU  - Consiglio, Valentina Sara
AU  - Grabka, Markus M.
AU  - Hainbach, Natascha
AU  - Königs, Sebastian
        TI  - Disparities in Labour Market and Income Trends during the First Year of the COVID-19 Crisis – Evidence from Germany
        PY  - 2022/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15475
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp15475
        AB  - This paper studies inequalities in labour market outcomes, incomes and economic concerns across workers in Germany during the first year of the COVID-19 crisis using SOEP-CoV data. It shows that, overall, the self-employed and disadvantaged groups of workers were more severely affected by the crisis, including part-time workers and workers in marginal employment (Minijobs), low-educated and low-income workers, and to some extent women. Short-time work (Kurzarbeit), one of the central pillars of Germany's policy response to the crisis, prevented a further widening of labour market inequalities. In spite of the widespread use of Kurzarbeit, about one-in-five low-income workers who had been employed in 2019 were out of work in January/February 2021. This reflects that a higher share of low-income workers had been on part-time contracts and in Minijobs, and had lower capacity to work from home.
        KW  - SOEP-CoV
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - Corona
KW  - labour market
KW  - concerns
        ER  -