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How can we compare the impact of Covid-19 on different countries across the world? Tim Vlandas proposes a pandemic ‘misery index'.

Bob Hancké points out the consequences of Germany's silent wage rebalancing for EMU from a practical and theoretical perspective.

Read what's wrong with Deutsche Bank’s economics department's suggestion to tax WFH so that essential workers could be paid a proper wage.

Covid-19 has a profound impact on the labour market. This post sets the scene and offers an overview of the other articles in this dossier.

How do we find out which new skills are required and how do we produce them? Institutions are the answer to both, Bob Hancké argues.

Read how understanding different adjustment paths can help avoid a second generation of losers from economic restructuring after Covid-19

Unless we redesign work tasks into projects with increased team autonomy, organisations are unlikely to reap the benefits of remote working.

Some jobs will still be viable in a few months’ time. Others won’t. Nicholas Barr (LSE) argues that job support schemes need to go further.

The UK's new wage subsidy scheme is unlikely to work as well as its German counterpart, as many important systemic elements are missing.

Working from home or returning to the office? We need to think carefully about future working arrangements to not get stuck in the middle.