Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie auf Wirtschaft und Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland
Wirtschaft und Arbeitsmarkt stehen seit der Ausbreitung des Coronavirus vor großen Herausforderungen. Zur Unterstützung von Beschäftigten und Unternehmen hatte der Bundestag im Eilverfahren u.a. einen leichteren Zugang zum Kurzarbeitergeld beschlossen. Dieses Themendossier stellt Einschätzungen aus Forschung und Politik zu den Auswirkungen der Pandemie auf den Arbeitsmarkt, die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und notwendige Maßnahmen in Deutschland zusammen.
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Auswirkungen auf Wirtschaft, Arbeitsmarkt und Soziales in Deutschland
- Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und Maßnahmen
- Exit-Strategien zur Beendigung des Lockdowns
- Kurzarbeit - Regelungen und Inanspruchnahme während der Pandemie
- Homeoffice/mobiles Arbeiten
- Auswirkungen auf Betriebe
- Beschäftigung, Arbeitslosigkeit und Grundsicherung nach SGB II
- Einkommenseffekte
- Einzelne Berufe und Branchen
- Berufsausbildung/Lehrstellenmarkt
- Zukunftsszenarien: Wird die Wirtschaft nach Corona nachhaltiger?
- Soziale und gesundheitliche Aspekte
- Corona und Care
- Weiterbildung
- Konjunkturpaket zur Förderung der Wirtschaft
- Personengruppen
- Regionale Aspekte
- Internationale Arbeitsmärkte / Auswirkungen der Globalisierung
- Bundesländer
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Cross-Country Analysis of Labor Markets during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2026)
Breunig, Robert ; Cheng, Wei ; Weinberg, Bruce A. ; Lee, Kyoung Hoon; Zhang, Yinjunjie; Montenovo, Laura ;Zitatform
Breunig, Robert, Wei Cheng, Laura Montenovo, Kyoung Hoon Lee, Bruce A. Weinberg & Yinjunjie Zhang (2026): Cross-Country Analysis of Labor Markets during the COVID-19 Pandemic. In: ILR review, S. 1-33. DOI:10.1177/00197939261470664
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"The authors study employment outcomes during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic across eight countries exhibiting different case levels and policy responses: the United States, Australia, France, Denmark, Italy, South Korea, Spain, and Sweden. While the proportion of people not-at-work increased in all countries, safety net policies seem to influence whether people remained employed-but-absent from work as opposed to becoming unemployed or leaving the labor force. The authors find large employment decreases among young workers and those who have only a high school degree, and increased labor market disparities in countries with the largest declines in employment. A variety of evidence suggests labor demand was a larger driver of employment declines than labor supply and that stringent social distancing policies reduce employment even in the absence of high case numbers. Job characteristics—face-to-face interactions and the ability to work remotely—were closely related to changes in labor market outcomes." (Author'sabstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Is working from home changing the meaning of work? (2026)
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Bähr, Sebastian, Bernad Batinic & Matthias Collischon (2026): Is working from home changing the meaning of work? In: PLoS ONE, Jg. 21, H. 1, 2025-12-22. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0340452
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"Especially since the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home (WFH) has become a common practice in the workplace. This raises the question of whether WFH changes the non-monetary benefits of work, such as job quality or social contacts. Thus, in this article, we investigate how working from home affects Jahoda’s latent functions of employment as well as job quality measures. To this end, we use panel data from the German Panel Study Labour Market and Social Security (PASS) and estimate the effects of changing work patterns on the aforementioned outcomes. Our findings reveal basically no effects of WFH on job quality measures and latent benefits. This, in contrast to anecdotal evidence, implies that WFH does not harm psychological well-being." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Sage) ((en))
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Beyond the Disruption: Medium- and Long-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Well-Being (2026)
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Collischon, Matthias, Jacqueline Kroh & Alexander Patzina (2026): Beyond the Disruption: Medium- and Long-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Well-Being. In: Social indicators research, Jg. 184, H. 2, 2026-08-13. DOI:10.1007/s11205-026-03927-4
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"This special issue addresses these gaps by advancing our understanding of (1) the medium- and long-term effects of the pandemic on subjective well-being, (2) the mechanisms underlying changes in well-being during the pandemic, and (3) heterogeneity in pandemic effects across different population groups in various domains of individuals’ well-being - e.g., (life) satisfaction, affective well-being, mental health, social exclusion, and loneliness. The contributions employ identification strategies that aim at estimating causal effects, such as difference-in-differences and fixed-effects estimation to account for unobserved confounders. In doing so, the contributions extend the observation window beyond the acute lockdown shock and privilege causal over descriptive accounts. Overall, the special issue moves the field beyond purely descriptive accounts toward a more nuanced, causally informed understanding of how a major societal crisis affects individual well-being. The 22 contributions assembled in the special issue advance the literature along four thematic pillars: (i) the medium- and long-term effects of the pandemic and its post-pandemic consequences; (ii) the heterogeneous consequences of the pandemic across population groups; (iii) the mechanisms linking COVID-19-induced changes in societal subsystems to individuals’ quality of life; and (iv) the impact of the pandemic on different measurements of quality of life. The studies cover a wide geographical range, including European countries (Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK, and EU-wide samples), East Asian contexts (Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan), and Israel, and rely on high-quality longitudinal panel data, often drawing on multiple waves collected before, during, and after the pandemic. Methodologically, the contributions go beyond merely cross-sectional descriptions, applying a wide range of causal modelling approaches to identify pandemic effects net of pre-pandemic trends and unobserved heterogeneity. We organize the discussion of the contributions around four broad outcome domains: cognitive and affective well-being (Sect. 2), mental health and stress (Sect. 3), social exclusion, loneliness, and trust (Sect. 4), and labor market- and education-related well-being (Sect. 5). Several papers cut across multiple domains and are discussed wherever they speak most directly to the focal outcome. We then conclude with an overarching discussion of cross-cutting findings, methodological lessons, and an outlook for future research (Sect. 6)." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))
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Arbeitsbedingungen vor, während und nach der Covid-19-Pandemie: Die Beschäftigungsqualität ist weitgehend stabil geblieben (2026)
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Collischon, Matthias, Matthias Kelsch, Alexander Patzina & Felix Rahberger (2026): Arbeitsbedingungen vor, während und nach der Covid-19-Pandemie: Die Beschäftigungsqualität ist weitgehend stabil geblieben. (IAB-Kurzbericht 04/2026), Nürnberg, 8 S. DOI:10.48720/IAB.KB.2604
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"Hat die Covid-19-Pandemie unsere Arbeitswelt nachhaltig verändert? Antworten auf diese zentrale Frage gibt eine eingehende Analyse der Entwicklung verschiedener Dimensionen der Beschäftigungsqualität während und nach der Pandemie. Die Autoren untersuchen in ihrer Studie Zufriedenheit mit dem Lohn, Arbeitsautonomie, Aufstiegschancen, Arbeitsbelastung und Work-Life-Balance. Neben einer umfassenden Betrachtung aller abhängig Beschäftigten liegt ein besonderes Augenmerk auf den sogenannten systemrelevanten Beschäftigten, deren Arbeitsbedingungen während der Pandemie häufig im Mittelpunkt öffentlicher Debatten standen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
Weiterführende Informationen
- Veränderungen der Beschäftigungsqualität in fünf verschiedenen Dimensionen während und nach der Covid-19-Pandemie im Vergleich zu den Jahren vor der Pandemie
- Dimensionen der Beschäftigungsqualität vor Beginn der Pandemie
- Dimensionen der Beschäftigungsqualität
- Veränderungen in objektiven Maßen der Beschäftigungsqualität während und nach der Covid-19-Pandemie im Vergleich zu den Jahren vor der Pandemie
- Veränderungen in der Work-Life-Balance nach Teilgruppen während und nach der Covid-19-Pandemie im Vergleich zu den Jahren vor der Pandemie
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Interaction-as-a-risk: Deconstructing experiences of extreme work in ‘key’ services during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany (2026)
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Dörflinger, Nadja (2026): Interaction-as-a-risk: Deconstructing experiences of extreme work in ‘key’ services during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany. In: German Journal of Human Resource Management, S. 1-21. DOI:10.1177/23970022261428849
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"It has been argued that the extreme working conditions experienced by many interactive workers in ‘key’ services during the Covid-19 pandemic stemmed mainly from a situation of crisis. Using a combination of literature from the debates on interactive (service) work and extreme work, the article aims to deconstruct the various conditions giving rise to extreme work at different analytical levels. The analysis is based on a qualitative cross-sectoral comparative study in three key service sectors (retail, elderly care, and the police) during the pandemic in Germany. The article identifies both characteristics and enabling conditions of extreme work, thereby making two contributions: First, it demonstrates that specific risks are inherent to interactive work due to its very nature (i.e. work-related social interactions); it thus makes a claim for considering ‘interaction-as-a-risk’ as a core characteristic of interactive work. Second, by investigating the role of contexts at multiple analytical levels, it indicates that it was not solely the pandemic that enabled extreme work experiences, as the contributory unfavourable conditions already existed prior to the outbreak of Covid-19. Overall, the article emphasises the general importance of the concept of risk in HRM and employment-related research." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduce Skill Mismatch Among Migrants in Germany’s Health Sector? (2026)
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Fendel, Tanja (2026): Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduce Skill Mismatch Among Migrants in Germany’s Health Sector? In: Population Research and Policy Review, Jg. 45, 2026-07-10. DOI:10.1007/s11113-026-10030-6
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"Most industrial countries face considerable demographic challenges, especially in the health and care sectors. The working conditions within a country are key to attracting workers from other countries. One of the greatest barriers for migrant workers is problems transferring foreign qualifications, often causing overeducation, which has negative effects on job satisfaction, and mental and physical health. In Germany, where almost 80% of health workers are female, overeducation is similarly low among migrant and native men, but approximately twice as high among migrant women as among native women. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic strongly increased the demand for health workers. This study examined the effects of this increased labor demand on the overeducation of migrant and native health employees. The analysis was based on data from the 2013–2021 German Socio-Economic Panel, including 2,961 native-born and 1,081 foreign-born health employees. Descriptive and fixed-effects estimation results revealed that a significant pandemic-related reduction in overeducation observed in the health sector predominantly occurred among female health employees who migrated as refugees and family migrants from non-European Union countries. To reduce overeducation also in the absence of unusual situations such as the pandemic, support in transferring foreign qualifications is highly relevant, and this effort should specifically focus on women. Furthermore, expanding public childcare and removing obstacles to its use by migrant women are important for urgently needed existing qualifications, knowledge, and skills not to remain unused." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Springer Nature) ((en))
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Industrial Relations and Working From Home in Germany During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2026)
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Goerke, Laszlo, Markus M. Grabka, Viola Hilbert & Yue Huang (2026): Industrial Relations and Working From Home in Germany During the COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Labour, Jg. 40, H. 3, S. 321-342. DOI:10.1111/labr.70020
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"We investigate the role of industrial relations for working from home during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 2020 to 2023 and a special COVID sample (SOEP-CoV) for 2020 and 2021, we examine how collective bargaining and plant-level co-determination are associated with the incidence and frequency of working from home. Controlling for worker, firm, occupation, and industry characteristics, we find that employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement are less likely to work from home and do so less frequently than uncovered employees. In contrast, the incidence and frequency of working from home are positively associated with the presence of a works council." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Ökonomische Kosten der Krisen in Deutschland (2026)
Grömling, Michael;Zitatform
Grömling, Michael (2026): Ökonomische Kosten der Krisen in Deutschland. (IW-Kurzberichte / Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft Köln 2026,07), Köln, 3 S.
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"In den krisengeplagten Jahren seit 2020 kam es in Deutschland zu einem Ausfall an Wirtschaftsleistungen von nahezu einer Billion Euro. Allein ein Viertel davon entfällt auf das vergangene Jahr. Je Erwerbstätigen entspricht dies einem Wertschöpfungsverlust von insgesamt deutlich über 20.000 Euro durch die Pandemie, die Folgewirkungen des Kriegs in der Ukraine und die konfrontative Politik der USA." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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The Covid-19 pandemic and international supply chains (2026)
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Kleifgen, Eva, Duncan Roth & Ignat Stepanok (2026): The Covid-19 pandemic and international supply chains. In: Review of world economics, S. 1-22. DOI:10.1007/s10290-026-00662-3
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"The Covid-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions in international trade and has raised concerns about adverse effects on international supply chains. Using a unique establishment survey matched with administrative data from Germany, we provide novel evidence on how establishments have adjusted their supply chains in response to pandemic-induced disruptions. We find that establishments that experienced difficulties in obtaining intermediate inputs as a result of the pandemic are significantly more likely to change their network of suppliers than establishments without such problems, especially if disruptions affected imports from abroad. Establishments experiencing supply chain difficulties are more likely to replace a distant with a closer supplier. However, these adjustments in response to the pandemic appear to be temporary." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Springer Nature) ((en))
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The Covid-19 pandemic and international supply chains (2026)
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Kleifgen, Eva, Duncan Roth & Ignat Stepanok (2026): The Covid-19 pandemic and international supply chains. (IZA discussion paper / IZA Network @ LISER 18669), Bonn: IZA Network @ LISER, 22 S.
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"Die Covid-19 Pandemie hatte einen beträchtlichen Einbruch des internationalen Handels zur Folge, wodurch auch Fragen zur Zukunft internationaler Handelsketten aufgeworfen wurden. Anhand eines Betriebs-Surveys, welches mit administrativen Daten verbunden werden konnte, untersuchen wir, wie Betriebe in Deutschland ihre Lieferketten aufgrund von pandemiebedingten Störungen angepasst haben. Unseren Ergebnissen zu folge weisen Betriebe, bei denen es aufgrund der Pandemie zu Einschränkungen im Bezug von Vorleistungen oder Zwischenprodukten gekommen ist, im Vergleich zu Betrieben ohne solche Beeinträchtigungen eine signifikant höhere Wahrscheinlichkeit auf, einen oder mehrere Lieferanten ausgetauscht zu haben. Dies ist insbesondere dann der Fall, wenn es zu Problemen beim Bezug aus dem Ausland gekommen ist. Betriebe, die von solchen Einschränkungen betroffen sind, haben darüber hinaus eine höhere Wahrscheinlichkeit, weiter entfernte Lieferanten mit näher gelegenen ersetzt zu haben. Den Ergebnissen zufolge handelt es sich dabei jedoch um temporäre Anpassungen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Short time work during the COVID-19 pandemic – Worker level evidence from administrative data (2026)
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Kruppe, Thomas & Max Kunaschk (2026): Short time work during the COVID-19 pandemic – Worker level evidence from administrative data. In: Labour Economics, Jg. 101, 2026-06-24. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2026.102929
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"We provide worker level evidence on selection into short time work (STW) and study employment and wage trajectories of workers after STW during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using novel administrative data covering detailed employment histories of over 7 million workers and containing information on STW status on the individual level, we investigate which characteristics determine selection of workers into STW. Next, we study short- and medium-term employment and wage outcomes of workers that were in STW during the beginning of the pandemic and compare these workers with workers in STW establishments that were not in STW themselves using an event study design with entropy balancing. Our results indicate negative selection into STW. In terms of employment trajectories, we find positive effects of STW on the probability to remain employed. These effects are driven by an increased probability to remain with the same employer. However, the initial positive employment effects do not persist and fade out quickly. Furthermore, this temporarily increased employment stability comes at the cost of lower wages beyond STW benefit receipt, as workers face a substantial wage penalty almost three years after entering STW." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2026 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.) ((en))
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Further Education and Training in ICT: Inequalities Among European Workers Before and After the COVID‐19 Outbreak (2026)
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Lakomý, Martin, Jakub Šácha & Patrik Stopka (2026): Further Education and Training in ICT: Inequalities Among European Workers Before and After the COVID‐19 Outbreak. In: International Journal of Training and Development, Jg. 30, H. 3, S. 245-257. DOI:10.1111/ijtd.70020
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"Further education and training (FET) should form a foundation for increasingly dynamic and digital European economies. Policies aim to support ongoing workforce development and retain as many individuals as possible in the labour market. However, limited existing evidence supports the Matthew effect in this area—FET tends to be more accessible for workers with higher qualifications in better jobs. This study uses data from the EU Labour Force Survey and examines the relationship between individual and job characteristics with FET, as well as its shift during the COVID-19 outbreak. The findings confirm that FET is more common among younger and middle-aged workers, those in higher-level positions, workers in larger companies, and those not working under a supervisor. Some of these patterns changed with the onset of the pandemic, notably the link between FET in ICT and higher education becoming stronger. This study identifies several robust factors that influence participation in FET, serving as a foundation for policies that aim to provide accessible, targeted FET opportunities for groups at risk of exclusion in a digitalised labour market." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Unemployment and Prosocial Engagement: Behavior Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2026)
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Lee, Hwiyoung P., Daniel Choi, Ram A. Cnaan & Femida Handy (2026): Unemployment and Prosocial Engagement: Behavior Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly, Jg. 55, H. 3, S. 698-724. DOI:10.1177/08997640251348416
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"Successive social shocks have reinforced unemployment as a persistent issue, yet its impact on prosocial engagement remains underexplored. This study examines the relationship between job loss and prosocial behaviors, specifically volunteering and donating participation, hypothesizing that short-term unemployment acts as a negative personal shock with heterogeneous effects depending on individuals’ economic resources. Using nationally representative survey data from the United States collected during the COVID-19 pandemic, we employ propensity score weighting enhanced by a machine learning approach to address potential confounders. Our findings indicate that unemployment is associated with reduced formal volunteering participation among lower-income individuals and decreased participation in donating among higher-income individuals. However, we find no significant relationship between unemployment and informal volunteering. Furthermore, our analysis suggests that conventional methods, which fail to adequately control for confounders, tend to underestimate the negative impact of unemployment on prosocial behaviors." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Old and new welfare states retaining older workers in the face of crisis: the case of COVID-19 in Europe (2026)
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Lee, Kun (2026): Old and new welfare states retaining older workers in the face of crisis: the case of COVID-19 in Europe. In: Socio-economic review, Jg. 24, H. 3, S. 1395-1415. DOI:10.1093/ser/mwag024
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"The Coronavirus pandemic was a unique crisis in Europe as an unprecedented health and labour market shock barely disrupted long-term trends towards active ageing. We study the role of social policy responses and pre-existing welfare state institutions in moderating older workers’ early exit following the crisis. Using a cross-nationally harmonized panel survey in Europe, we examine whether variations in national labour market policies and pension institutions explain older workers’ exit outcomes following COVID-19, net of the economic shock and pre-pandemic employment levels. Results show that, across countries, the rollout of novel job retention schemes was consistently associated with the retention of older workers, whereas extended unemployment insurance likely had a limited influence. Higher retirement ages and greater reliance on private pensions were modestly associated with lower exit rates only among low-educated workers. Our findings confirm the significance of welfare states managing the crisis-driven economic shock and offer policy implications." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Employment and Labour Participation in the Post-COVID-19 EU: A Regional Analysis Using LFS and Online Job Data (2026)
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Lovaglio, Pietro Giorgio (2026): Employment and Labour Participation in the Post-COVID-19 EU: A Regional Analysis Using LFS and Online Job Data. In: International Regional Science Review, Jg. 49, H. 5, S. 383-434. DOI:10.1177/01600176261426488
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"This article investigates new job creation across European Union regions in 2022 and the endogenous changes in labor market participation following the COVID-19 outbreak. We jointly model new hires in 2022 and shifts in participation between 2021 and 2022 using demand-side predictors, which are rarely applied in supply-oriented studies due to limited institutional data. The analysis combines official CEDEFOP data on job advertisements posted on online portals across the EU in 2021—disaggregated by region and occupation—with the Labor Force Survey, which provides information on new hires and regional or institutional determinants affecting both outcomes. We employ recently developed sample selection models with copulas, allowing for flexible dependence structures, and include pseudo-random effects to account for the hierarchical nature of regions nested within states. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine post-COVID-19 employment creation for all European Union regions using such models integrating survey and online job advertisement data. The results show that, although regions with strong adult lifelong learning systems are better positioned to generate new employment opportunities, job creation has been primarily driven by rising demand for medium- and low-skilled occupations, thereby stimulating participation. New employment is concentrated in regions with lower shares of technology-skilled workers, regardless of tertiary education levels, indicating a structural shift in the post-pandemic labor market. The determinants of regional job creation differ sharply between Old and New Member States, suggesting distinct policy challenges and priorities." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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What remains? Gendered patterns of unpaid work two years after the Covid-19 outbreak in five OECD countries (2026)
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Lütolf, Meret & Dominique Oehrli (2026): What remains? Gendered patterns of unpaid work two years after the Covid-19 outbreak in five OECD countries. In: Community, work & family, S. 1-27. DOI:10.1080/13668803.2026.2618676
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"The Covid-19 pandemic and its containment measures significantly affected families and their organization of care and housework. Studies on the gender-specific effects of these changes found mixed results – some showing more equal divisions and increased father involvement, others observing setbacks, no clear change, or parallel increases in unpaid work that maintained existing gender gaps. This study contributes to this debate by examining how couples with children evaluate their division of labor two years after the pandemic outbreak. We ask whether the Covid-19 pandemic has affected gender-specific patterns of care and housework within households beyond the initial lockdown phase. Using original comparative survey data, we provide detailed insights into households’ division of labor. We explore how longer-term impacts differ across the following five national contexts: Switzerland, Germany, Finland, Sweden, and the United States. Our findings indicate that, for most families, the division of unpaid labor remained unchanged, especially in households with traditional arrangements. Where changes occurred, they often affected both partners similarly, without fundamental shifts in the gendered distribution of unpaid work. Country-specific differences emerged, with higher probabilities of no change in Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland than in the United States and Germany." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Gesundheitsbezogene und finanzielle Sorgen bei arbeitslosen Menschen mit Behinderung in Deutschland während der COVID-19-Pandemie (2026)
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Mayer, Dennis & Alfons Hollederer (2026): Gesundheitsbezogene und finanzielle Sorgen bei arbeitslosen Menschen mit Behinderung in Deutschland während der COVID-19-Pandemie. In: Sozialer Fortschritt, Jg. 75, H. 2, S. 253-276. DOI:10.3790/sfo.2026.1477806
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"Die Studie untersucht mit Daten des für Deutschland repräsentativen Panel Arbeitsmarkt und soziale Sicherung (PASS) die Arbeitslosigkeit unter Erwerbspersonen mit Behinderung im zweiten und dritten Jahr der COVID-19-Pandemie (2021 – 2022). Zugleich werden von Arbeitslosen mit Behinderung berichtete pandemiebedingte gesundheitsbezogene und finanzielle Sorgen exploriert. Die Analysen zeigen, dass behinderte Erwerbspersonen in beiden Pandemiejahren signifikant stärker von Arbeitslosigkeit betroffen waren als nichtbehinderte Erwerbspersonen. Arbeitslose mit Behinderung gaben doppelt so häufig große gesundheitliche Sorgen an als Arbeitslose ohne Behinderung. Logistische Regressionsanalysen identifizieren Behinderungen sowie gesundheitliche Sorgen als Risikofaktoren für eine Beschäftigungsaufnahme. Die Ergebnisse legen nahe, dass der Gesundheitsstatus von Arbeitslosen mit Behinderung während der COVID-19-Pandemie eine zentrale Rolle für deren Arbeitsmarktintegration spielte." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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The gendered division of housework in times of Covid-19: the role of essential worker status and work location (2026)
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Piolatto, Matteo, Marija Bashevska, Olga Leshchenko, Chantal Remery & Susanne Strauss (2026): The gendered division of housework in times of Covid-19: the role of essential worker status and work location. In: Journal of family studies, Jg. 32, H. 3, S. 339-358. DOI:10.1080/13229400.2025.2526468
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"The question whether the measures taken to curb the spread of Covid-19 exacerbated or reduced gender inequality with respect to the division of housework and childcare has initiated a large number of studies. This study adds to this field by investigating the role of an until now underexposed yet important element in the literature on the pandemic, which is the assignment of an essential worker status for one or two partners of a couple. Drawing on resource theory, we formulate different hypotheses on how an essential worker status impacts the gendered division of housework during the early phase of the Covid-19 pandemic in dual-earner opposite-sex couples. In addition, as essential work was often, but not always done on-site, we use the time availability perspective to formulate hypotheses on how the impact of being assigned the essential work status interacts with remote-work. We investigate these research questions in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands using household longitudinal panel data from UKHLS and COGIS-LISS, applying panel fixed effects models. The results suggest that having an essential occupation is a resource for women but not men to renegotiate the division of housework. This is particularly the case when one or both partners can work from home." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Estimating the effect of working from home on parents' division of childcare and housework: A new panel IV approach (2026)
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Schüller, Simone (2026): Estimating the effect of working from home on parents' division of childcare and housework: A new panel IV approach. In: Labour Economics, Jg. 99. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2026.102866
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"This study investigates whether (and how) working from home (WFH) affects the gender division of parental unpaid labor. I use the recent COVID-19 pandemic that brought an unanticipated yet lasting shift to WFH, combined with a measure of occupational WFH feasibility (Alipour et al. 2023) as a quasi-experiment to employ an instrumental variable (IV) approach and estimate causal effects. I use unique longitudinal data from the “Growing up in Germany” (AID:A) panel study, which administered a pre-pandemicwave in 2019, and a post-pandemic wave in 2023. AID:A contains rich information on mothers’ and fathers’ time use for work, commuting, childcare, and housework. I find that the most robust effects emerge for frequent (at least once a week) paternal WFH on parental division of housework: families in which fathers start weekly WFH in the period 2019 to 2023—due to their occupational WFH capacity in combination with the pandemic WFH-boost—experience a significant decrease in the maternal share of housework. Interestingly, this shift appears to be mainly driven by a reduction of maternal time use for housework (combined with an increase in her work hours) and less by an increase in paternal time use for housework, suggesting cross-parent effects of WFH. Further analysis confirms changes in paternal gender role attitudes as a plausible mechanism." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2026 The Author. Published by Elsevier B.V.) ((en))
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Powerful representation of the poor? German welfare associations' narrative advocacy during COVID‐19 (2026)
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Smith Ochoa, Christopher (2026): Powerful representation of the poor? German welfare associations' narrative advocacy during COVID‐19. In: Policy Studies Journal, Jg. 54, H. 3. DOI:10.1111/psj.70012
Abstract
"The COVID-19 pandemic sparked unprecedented experimentation in the German social assistance system, leading to changes previously considered impracticable by policymakers. This included a sanctions moratorium, easier access to benefits, and temporary cash transfers, all of which were advocated by welfare associations—key organized interests representing the powerless in German neo-corporatist social policymaking. Many of these controversial measures were integrated into Citizens' Benefit by the pandemic's end, a landmark social assistance reform. By merging the Narrative Policy Framework with the interpretivist paradigm and incorporating Steven Lukes's power conception, this article examines how welfare associations leveraged crisis-driven welfare experimentation to advance reform. Narrative strands are identified and reconstructed through an analysis of welfare associations' advocacy during COVID-19 in newspapers, press releases, and nine qualitative interviews with key practitioners. This is juxtaposed with adversarial actors' counternarrative during the pandemic. I argue welfare associations expanded the scope of conflict to influence expansionary social policy reform by recasting benefit recipients as deserving victims of a neglectful system. Ultimately, this article provides a theoretical and empirical pathway forward for policy studies and the NPF to grasp how narrative power dynamics shape the policy process." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Auswirkungen auf Wirtschaft, Arbeitsmarkt und Soziales in Deutschland
- Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und Maßnahmen
- Exit-Strategien zur Beendigung des Lockdowns
- Kurzarbeit - Regelungen und Inanspruchnahme während der Pandemie
- Homeoffice/mobiles Arbeiten
- Auswirkungen auf Betriebe
- Beschäftigung, Arbeitslosigkeit und Grundsicherung nach SGB II
- Einkommenseffekte
- Einzelne Berufe und Branchen
- Berufsausbildung/Lehrstellenmarkt
- Zukunftsszenarien: Wird die Wirtschaft nach Corona nachhaltiger?
- Soziale und gesundheitliche Aspekte
- Corona und Care
- Weiterbildung
- Konjunkturpaket zur Förderung der Wirtschaft
- Personengruppen
- Regionale Aspekte
- Internationale Arbeitsmärkte / Auswirkungen der Globalisierung
- Bundesländer