Types of Responses of the EU Labour Markets in the Early Covid-Pandemic Period

Marlena Cicha-Nazarczuk

Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4100-9322


Abstract

The dual impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (simultaneous demand and supply shocks) was manifested by values of the economically important indicators, including measures applied to the labour market. The magnitude and scope of the response on the European Union labour markets were significantly country-specific parameters. The purpose of this article is to identify the types of responses of the EU labour markets in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the agglomeration clustering methods, namely the Ward approach, has been applied to create groups of the studied labour markets. The application of this method led to the identification of 4 clusters of economies, characterized by different types of response in terms of the direction and intensity of changes on the labour market during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Keywords:

labour market reintegration, COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment, employment, types of responses


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2023-06-30

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Cicha-Nazarczuk, M. (2023). Types of Responses of the EU Labour Markets in the Early Covid-Pandemic Period. Olsztyn Economic Journal, 18(1), 5–21. https://doi.org/10.31648/oej.9405

Marlena Cicha-Nazarczuk 
Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4100-9322



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