The impacts of Covid-19 absences on workers *

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Goda, Gopi Shah; Soltas, Evan J.
• 署名单位: Stanford University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2023.104889
• 发表日期: 2023
• 关键词: covid-19; CORONAVIRUS; labor supply; Work absence; PARTICIPATION

摘要

We show that Covid-19 illnesses and related work absences persistently reduce labor supply. Using an event study, we estimate that workers with week-long Covid-19 absences are 7 percentage points less likely to be in the labor force one year later compared to otherwise-similar workers who do not miss a week of work for health reasons. Our estimates suggest Covid-19 absences have reduced the U.S. labor force by approximately 500,000 people (0.2 percent of adults) and imply an average labor supply loss per Covid-19 absence equivalent to $9,000 in forgone earnings, about 90 percent of which reflects losses beyond the initial absence week.(c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.