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Jobs, mental health and social policy in times of COVID-19
Client/Funding Institution
FWF - Austrian Science Fund
Abstract
In this project, a research team at wiiw is investigating important structural and distributional social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the impact of the crisis on different economic sectors and on their organisation, the topics of employment and re-employment as well as the perspectives of different social groups are taken into account. For this purpose, a model is developed that captures the main features of the social and structural impacts in the medium and long term ('agent-based stock-flow consistent model'). Besides factors of labour market economics, it also includes changes in technology, productivity and work organisation as well as economic policy decisions. Four empirical studies shed light on important components of the theoretical model. These include structural developments of economic activities, different employment models, homeworking and effects on mental health, analysis of government measures.
Duration
November 2021 - October 2023
wiiw team Leader
wiiw Staff
Ronald Hartwig, Philipp Heimberger, Stefan Jestl, Branimir Jovanović, Sandra M. Leitner, Oliver Reiter, Maryna Tverdostup
Publications
- Working from Home and Mental Well-being in the EU at Different Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Gendered Look at Key Mediators
- The Response of Labour Demand to Different COVID-19 Containment Measures: Evidence from Online Job Postings in Austria
- Structural Change, Income Distribution and Unemployment Related to COVID-19: An Agent-based Model
- The Cyclical Behaviour of Fiscal Policy During the Covid-19 Crisis
Research Areas: Labour, Migration and Income Distribution