Learning from COVID-19: Understanding the labour market implications of, and government responses to, major exogenous shocks

这项研究旨在调查新冠肺炎对劳动力市场的影响以及政府对此的回应。研究的第一条线索试图调查大流行期间个人在家工作的经历，重点是工作地点的转移如何改变个人对自己身份的概念化。本研究将以文化理论和后结构主义地理学为理论和方法线索，对访谈回答进行主题分析，探讨工作/家庭的辩证法。第二个研究方向是定量考察冠状病毒工作保留计划(CJRS)下的经验和成功情况，CJRS是对个人工作生活的一种新干预措施。会议将特别关注精神和经济福祉方面的不平等--既有因该计划而加剧的现有不平等，也有在该计划下产生的新不平等--以及支撑这些不平等的空间维度。第三，借鉴各国政府在国际上采取的多种不同应对措施，最后的研究思路将通过量化分析评估不同方法的优点和缺点(基于它们缓解日益严重的不平等和精神健康恶化的能力)。由于与自动化相关的大规模失业是预测未来工作的一个共同主题，评估和综合大流行病期间的最佳做法应对措施成为一项重要的政策工具。

This research looks to investigate the labour market implications of, and government responses to, COVID-19. The first strand of research seeks to investigate individuals' experiences of homeworking during the pandemic, focusing on how this shift in work location alters individuals' conceptualisations of their identity. This research would take theoretical and methodological cues from Cultural Theory and Post-Structuralist Geography, involving thematic analysis of interview responses exploring the work/home dialectic. The second research strand looks to examine quantitatively experiences under, and the success of, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), a novel intervention in individuals' working lives. There will be a particular focus on inequalities in mental and financial wellbeing - both existing ones exacerbated by the scheme, and novel ones generated under it - and the spatial dimensions which underpin these. Third, drawing upon the multiple different responses undertaken internationally by various governments, the final research strand will evaluate through quantitative analysis, the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches (based on their ability to mitigate growing inequality and mental health deterioration). With automation-related mass unemployment being a common theme in predictions of the future of work, evaluation and synthesis of the best-practice responses during the pandemic become a vital policy tool.