European Labor Markets and the COVID-19 Pandemic : Fallout and the Path Ahead /

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused by far the largest shock to European economies since World War II. Yet, astonishingly, the EU unemployment rate had already declined to its pre-crisis level by 2021Q3, and in some countries the labor force participation rate is at a record high. This paper docum...

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Main Author: Ando, Sakai
Other Authors: Balakrishnan, Ravi, Gruss, Bertrand, Hallaert, Jean-Jacques
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022.
Series:Departmental Papers; Departmental Paper ; No 2022/004
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