The Labour Market after Covid-19: At a glance
Covid-19 has a profound impact on the labour market. This post sets the scene and offers an overview of the other articles in this dossier.
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Bob Hancké
- Oct 28, 2020
- 11 min
The Political Economy of Skills
How do we find out which new skills are required and how do we produce them? Institutions are the answer to both, Bob Hancké argues.
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Bob Hancké
- Oct 8, 2020
- 4 min
Big shifts: Lessons from the 1980s for the labour market after Covid-19
Read how understanding different adjustment paths can help avoid a second generation of losers from economic restructuring after Covid-19
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Bob Hancké
- Oct 6, 2020
- 3 min
WFH requires a paradigm shift in how we think of work, job autonomy and cooperation
Unless we redesign work tasks into projects with increased team autonomy, organisations are unlikely to reap the benefits of remote working.
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Nicholas Barr
- Oct 1, 2020
- 4 min
Britain’s job support schemes: right direction, more to do
Some jobs will still be viable in a few months’ time. Others won’t. Nicholas Barr (LSE) argues that job support schemes need to go further.
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Bob Hancké
- Sep 30, 2020
- 2 min
On the problem of publicly funding supply side adjustment
The European Recovery Fund is crucial to maintain the functioning of EU economies. However, the real question is what to do with the money?
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Bob Hancké, Toon van Overbeke, and Dustin Voss
- Sep 28, 2020
- 3 min
Anatomy of a wage subsidy
The UK's new wage subsidy scheme is unlikely to work as well as its German counterpart, as many important systemic elements are missing.
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Daniel Beunza and Derin Kent
- Aug 28, 2020
- 4 min
Returning to the office: how to stay connected and socially distant
Working from home or returning to the office? We need to think carefully about future working arrangements to not get stuck in the middle.
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Bob Hancké and Toon Van Overbeke
- Jun 16, 2020
- 9 min
The future of work and robots after Covid-19
Covid-19 spells bad news for the most, but it is a chance for increased automation. Read here why this transition must be an inclusive one.
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Bob Hancké
- May 12, 2020
- 4 min
Why inflation is not lurking in the shadows
The Covid-19 pandemic will have many adverse economic effects, but stagflation won't be one of them. Read why in our latest analysis.
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