Which Jobs Are Lost during a Lockdown? Evidence from Vacancy Postings in India

Words Matter: Gender, Jobs and Applicant Behavior

“…Deming and Kahn (2018) classify skills related key words in the job ad text and examine their impact on aggregate regional pay measures. Several recent papers examine changes in labor demand with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic using job portal data: Forsythe et al (2020) for the US, Chiplunkar et al (2020) for India, Hayashi and Matsuda (2020) for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and Campos-Vazquez et al (2020) for Mexico.…”

The Covid-19 Pandemic and Gendered Division of Paid and Unpaid Work: Evidence from India

“…Kesar et al (2020), based on phone survey data in selected states till May, find that women, especially rural women, were more likely to lose employment compared to men. Chiplunkar et al (2020), using job postings on another employment portal (Shine.com) find a dramatic contraction in hiring in the first months of the pandemic, especially for young, less educated and female job seekers. They find that advertisers post fewer jobs in female dominated occupations.…”

“…The impact of recessions on job losses is gendered, but not necessarily in one direction 3 For instance, earlier recessions in the USA (2008-9) resulted in more job losses for men than women. However, this time around, women are more likely to bear the brunt because of the nature of businesses facing extended closure or possibly the threat of permanent closure (Alan et al, 2020).…”

Words Matter: Gender, Jobs and Applicant Behavior

“…Deming and Kahn (2018) classify skills related key words in the job ad text and examine their impact on aggregate regional pay measures. Several recent papers examine changes in labor demand with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic using job portal data: Forsythe et al (2020) for the US, Chiplunkar et al (2020) for India, Hayashi and Matsuda (2020) for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and Campos-Vazquez et al (2020) for Mexico.…”