The sight of Centrelink queues snaking around the block past shuttered shopfronts in cities, suburbs, and towns across Australia leaves no doubt that COVID-19 is having a big impact on Australian unemployment. But just how big? In our new working paper, Shutdown: estimating the COVID-19 employment shock, we calculate that between 14 and 26 per … Continue reading BRENDAN COATES & MATT GOWGILL. COVID-19 Employment Shock.… Continue reading »