Governments around the world implemented widespread business support during the COVID-19 pandemic. The measures may have affected employment dynamics and reallocation, with potential consequences for aggregate productivity. This column investigates employment dynamics across firms during the pandemic, the extent to which adjustments were productivity enhancing, and the role of job retention schemes.

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9 March 2024

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Vox EU

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https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/employment-dynamics-across-firms-during-covid-19-role-job-retention-schemes

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