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Box B: Job boom or job bust? The effect of the pandemic on actual and measured job and employment growth

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Normal life was put on hold for many during the lockdowns in 2020 and 2021 as society focused on addressing the health crisis. In the labour market, many fewer people started a new job ('hires') and, partly due to the use of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, some people stayed longer in work than they would in 'normal' times. Their job 'separation' was delayed. Other parts of society saw a similar stalling in 'normal' turnover. Fewer people moved into new homes and/or households either in the United Kingdom or abroad with consequent disruption to trends in housing and internal and international migration. So, as the health crisis subsided, this stalling of 'normal' turnover left behind a major imbalance of resources. All sorts of people and things were in the wrong place. In many cases this misallocation of resources was wrongly considered to be a 'shortage' – an absolute lack of people to do a job – as in the case of lorry drivers as the economy re-opened. But in a relatively short period this disequilibrium unwound and there is now little discussion of a permanent 'shortage'. Where did all the lorry drivers come from? Not only that, but the pandemic caused many people to reconsider where the 'right place' was. Their experience during the pandemic and also changes in their household and community situation caused them to reconsider their priorities. It caused behavoural changes to their plans, hopes and expectations for the future.

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  • Bill Wells, 2024. "Box B: Job boom or job bust? The effect of the pandemic on actual and measured job and employment growth," National Institute UK Economic Outlook, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, issue 13, pages 36-41.
  • Handle: RePEc:nsr:niesra:i:13:y:2024:p:36-41
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