Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245581 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14530
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
With a focus on jobs for youth, this paper analyses the development of job postings in Norway during the first and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Jobs for youth are defined by the top 20 3-digit occupations for young workers. Job postings in these occupations took a larger hit than other jobs. We also identify the top 20 occupations for entrants right after completed highest education. Separate analyses by education reveal that entry jobs for young people with lower education declined the most during the pandemic. Using a difference in difference framework with 2018 and 2019 as reference years, we show that the decline started before "lock-down" policies were in place, but that the decline was even larger during the lock-down. Concurrent with re-opening phases in the economy, job posting rates improved, but did not reach the levels comparable to those in 2018 and 2019.
Subjects: 
coronavirus
labor demand shock
job postings
young workers
COVID-19
JEL: 
J23
J6
J63
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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