The lockdown in response to the #coronavirus pandemic has effectively shut down many sectors of the economy.
These shut-downs will affect the youngest and lowest paid workers, and women, the most.
Our new research: ifs.org.uk/publications/1…
These shut-downs will affect the youngest and lowest paid workers, and women, the most.
Our new research: ifs.org.uk/publications/1…
The lockdown is likely to hit younger workers the hardest.
At the start of the #coronavirus pandemic, employees aged under 25 were about two and a half times as likely to work in a sector that is now shut down as other employees.
At the start of the #coronavirus pandemic, employees aged under 25 were about two and a half times as likely to work in a sector that is now shut down as other employees.
In the short run, many young people will have the cushion of the earnings of parents or other household members during the #coronavirus pandemic.
But the long-run effects of sector shut-downs on their career prospects are could be severe.
But the long-run effects of sector shut-downs on their career prospects are could be severe.
Low earners are seven times as likely as high earners to have worked in a sector that is now shut down in response to the #coronavirus pandemic.
When the #coronavirus pandemic began, women were about a third more likely to work in a sector that is now shut down than men.
Read more: ifs.org.uk/publications/1…
Read more: ifs.org.uk/publications/1…
