Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/259750 
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2020
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[Journal:] Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics [ISSN:] 2235-6282 [Volume:] 156 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 8 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 1-9
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Springer, Heidelberg
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 historical perspective, current unemployment as well as that expected by the federal authorities in the medium term do not seem that dramatic. Current hazard rates present a different picture, however, predicting increases in both the unemployment rate and long-term unemployment to record levels.
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Unemployment
Incidence
Duration
Covid-19
Switzerland
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