Understanding the impact of COVID-19 intervention policies on the hospitality labor market

Abstract

Highlights We integrate multiple datasets to examine how COVID-19 intervention policies impact the hospitality labor market. We find that business closure policies are associated with a 20–30% reduction of non-salaried workers in the hospitality industry with the biggest impact on leisure from March-April of 2020. Business reopening policies play a statistically significant role in slowly reviving the labor market. The rise of new cases on a daily basis is associated with the continued deterioration of the labor market.

Safety and Health Measures for COVID-19 Transition Period in the Hotel Industry in Spain

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“…Ritchie [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 ] described several drivers for crisis planning and management by public–private sector organizations that have three central components: prevention–planning, implementation, and evaluation–feedback. Likewise, other measures, such as border control, surveillance, information, education, communication (IEC), antiviral strategy, and vaccination strategy, should be implemented by the governments of the countries [ 43 ].…”

“…Twenty-three hotel managers were involved in the meetings in the first half of June 2020. Safety and health drivers for the COVID-19 transition period were drawn from the literature review, as well as the items that define those drivers, given the previous experience of tourism managers in crisis management in global tourism [ 32 ].…”

The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on domestic tourism: A DEMATEL method analysis on quarantine decisions

“…They used structural equation modeling to assess the relationships among organizational resilience, organizational response to COVID-19, perceived job security, and organizational commitment. Huang et al (2020) used regression models to analyze the effects of intervention policies necessitated by COVID-19 on the hospitality labor market in small businesses of the U.S. economy.…”

20 years of Nordic hospitality research: a review and future research agenda

“…Given the disparate magnitude and timing of COVID-19's effects across the globe, there does not appear to be a universally appropriate resolution for recovery. Until a functional immunization is developed, distributed, and administered, the hospitality and leisure sectors will likely not return to the level of success they appreciated before COVID-19 (Huang et al, 2020). The COVID-19 pandemic will therefore also affect future research in the field of hospitality.…”