We review the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on inequalities in education, the labor
market, household living standards, mental health, and wealth in the United Kingdom. The …

We develop and evaluate experimentally a novel tool that redesigns the job search process
by providing tailored advice at low cost. We invited jobseekers to our computer facilities for …

This paper studies whether labor market mismatch played an important role for employment
dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic. We apply the framework of Şahin et al.(2014) to …

We examine the contribution of different explanations to the slowdown of labor productivity.
Comparing the post-2005 period with the preceding decade for five advanced economies …

Online job search opens new avenues to experimentally alter the search process, and to
engage in “search design”. It also offers an unprecedented channel to collect data on how …

This paper considers the paradoxical co-existence of a productivity slowdown and exciting
new technologies. Several potential explanations are reviewed. It is argued that while some …

This paper quantifies how the local skill remoteness of a laid-off worker's last job affects
subsequent wages, employment, and mobility rates. Local skill remoteness captures the …

We study how online job search advice affects the job search strategies and labor market
outcomes of unemployed workers. In a large-scale field experiment, we provide job seekers …

Creating green jobs tackles two crises: the economic downturn and environmental
degradation. Responding to the economic downturn, some governments have declared a …

In the long-run at the macro level, the real pay of workers tends to follow labour productivity.
In recent years, however, there have been concerns that this relationship has broken down …