Protect Incomes or Protect Jobs? The Role of Social Policies in Post-pandemic Recovery
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- Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli & Lokshin, Michael & Torre, Iván, 2024. "Protect incomes or protect jobs? The role of social policies in post-pandemic recovery," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
- Demirgüç-Kunt,Asli & Lokshin,Michael M. & Torre,Ivan, 2022. "Protect Incomes or Protect Jobs ? The Role of Social Policies in Post-Pandemic Recovery," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10166, The World Bank.
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Keywords
Pandemic; labor market policies; social protection; cash transfers; unemployment insurance; job retention;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
- J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
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