| Number |
CREPEDP-164 |
| Publication Date |
January 2025 |
| Title |
COVID-19 Infection and Its Labor Supply Impact:
Evidence from a Large-scale Survey in Japan
|
| Authors |
Asako Chiba, Shunsuke Hori, Taisuke Nakata, Shusaku Sasaki, and Reo Takaku
|
| Abstract |
We conducted a large-scale retrospective survey to investigate how COVID-19
infection affected the labor outcomes of infected workers in Japan. Many infected
workers—including those without any COVID-19 symptoms—experienced some reductions in hours worked or earnings immediately after infection. The negative labor impacts often lasted for more than a month. The negative labor impacts were
particularly pronounced for contract workers, non-regular workers, workers without
remote-work availability, and those unvaccinated. Our estimate based on the survey
and other official statistics indicates that COVID-19 infection had a non-negligible
negative impact on the aggregate labor supply in 2022. |
| Other information |
Paper in English (41 pages) |