02192cas a2200325 a 4500 AALejournalIMF022402 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9798400201059 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Lariau, Ana. Inequality in the Spanish Labor Market During the COVID-19 Crisis / Ana Lariau, Lucy Qian Liu. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022. 1 online resource (27 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students We analyze the differential impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Spanish labor market across population groups, as well as its implications for income inequality. The main finding is that young, less educated, and low skilled workers, as well as women are the most affected by the COVID-19 shock in terms of job loss rates. The differential impacts were especially acute at the height of the pandemic in 2020 and remain robust after taking into account the heterogeneity of sector characteristics. Given that these vulnerable groups were positioned in the lower end of the income distribution before the crisis, we hypothesize that income inequality likely has increased due to the pandemic. Policies aiming at reducing inequality in the labor market need to go beyond measures that target the hardest-hit sectors and support the vulnerable groups more directly. Mode of access: Internet Aggregate Human Capital imf Aggregate Labor Productivity imf Employment imf Intergenerational Income Distribution imf Unemployment imf Wages imf Liu, Lucy Qian. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/018 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2022/018/001.2022.issue-018-en.xml IMF e-Library