Labor Demand During the COVID-19 Crisis in Norway: Evidence From Vacancy Posting Data

Holgersen, Henning; Jia, Zhiyang; Svenkerud, Simen

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3663479

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“…Kahn et al (2020) examined the job ads given to Burning Glass Technologies company between 19 January and 29 February 2020. Just as Holgersen et al (2020) have found, researchers have found that job ads are decreasing for virtually all industries and professions, regardless of whether or not they can work from home. Also, researchers have found that there are exceptions to this situation in two important areas: retail and nursing.…”

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confidence: 91%

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How did Covid-19 Affect Logistics Job Vacancy Postings?

Erturgut¹,

Gürler²

2021

Journal of International Logistics and Trade

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Section: Literaturementioning

confidence: 91%

“…There are also studies conducted to determine the impact of COVID-19 on job ads. Holgersen et al (2020) examined job ads in the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration database. Researchers who examined job ads in the February-June period found that job ads decreased by 27% compared to the previous year.…”

Section: Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

How did Covid-19 Affect Logistics Job Vacancy Postings?

Erturgut¹,

Gürler²

2021

Journal of International Logistics and Trade

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“…Support was given to those farmers who were unable to carry out their activities due to the lack of seasonal workers, for example, a temporary scheme provided incentives for laid-off workers to take up jobs in agriculture; Norwegian workers would keep 50% of their unemployment benefits if they took up work in the sector. As such, the agriculture sector was the only sector that had a rise in employment so far in this pandemic (Holgersen et al, 2020). Further, farmers who were unable to harvest in 2020 due to the lack of workers were eligible for payments under the crop insurance compensation scheme.…”

Section: Europe/norwaymentioning

confidence: 99%

Diversified Farming Systems: Impacts and Adaptive Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, Norway and China

Måren

Aslesen

McNeal

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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The COVID-19 pandemic fully exposed the vulnerability of the global agri-food system to shocks and stresses, highlighting the need for transformation and action to make it more resilient and inclusive. This paper offers a unique insight into the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic by examining impacts and responses in the agri-food sector within three very distinct contexts, namely the United States, Norway, and China. Focusing on small, diversified farms, the study builds on prior research with the same farmers and support organizations from an on-going collaboration. Firstly, we conducted a short review of policy adaptations to understand how governments, the private sector, non-profit organizations, and communities “stepped up” to provide emergency relief, specialized training, and recovery support for farmers, support that was instrumental in preventing more devastating impacts in all three countries. Secondly, drawing from in-depth interviews with farmers (23) and government and non-governmental support organizations (19), we mapped the vulnerability and resiliency of selected farmers to shocks that severely disrupted traditional supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected on both the negative and positive impacts of the pandemic to farmer inputs, including labor, operations, and markets, how these changed from the initial lockdowns in early 2020 and through 2021, and on farmer adaptive responses to these impacts. In some contexts, innovation and adaptive responses counteracted negative impacts. We saw diversifying markets, catering to consumer safety concerns, switching to direct and e-markets, hiring in more labor or relying on family labor, and switching to high demand crops and products as the most prominent adaptive responses. Farmers who lacked access to information and government programs, in large part because of language, technology and institutional barriers, missed out on pandemic related opportunities and suffered the most. As we enter the post-pandemic new normal it is important to take stock of lessons learned, and to continue to support those initiatives and innovations that were pivotal not only for weathering the storm, but for building a more inclusive and resilient agri-food system in the long-run.

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“…The Covid-19 pandemic lowers the demand for labor and, therefore, job creation (Forsythe et al, 2020;Holgersen et al, 2020;Campos-Vazquez et al, 2021); and firing freezes in Turkey additionally limit the turnover of workers. Hence, the individuals who will transition into the labor market from 1 Turkstat publishes the number of employed individuals each month as an average of the current, previous, and next month.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%