Unemployment in Switzerland in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic: an intertemporal perspective
Abstract The following contribution compares the unemployment situation arising from the lockdown induced by the Covid-19 pandemic with previous employment crises in Switzerland. In addition, it forecasts the future trajectory of unemployment based on ongoing changes in hazard rates. From a historic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-08-01
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Series: | Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41937-020-00058-6 |