Essential Workers and Wage Inequality: Wage Differentials before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic, 2006 to 2022.

Autor/in	Janietz, Christoph
Titel	Essential Workers and Wage Inequality: Wage Differentials before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic, 2006 to 2022. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Unverzichtbare Arbeitskräfte und Lohnungleichheit: Lohnunterschiede vor und während der Covid-19-Pandemie, 2006 bis 2022.
Quelle	In: European societies, (2025) online first, June 10 2025, 48 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1469-8307
DOI	10.1162/euso_a_00020
Schlagwörter	Soziale Anerkennung; Pandemie; Einkommensunterschied; Privatwirtschaft; Berufsgruppe; Qualifikation; Auswirkung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Sektorale Verteilung; Öffentlicher Dienst; Niederlande
Abstract	"In 2020, several governments declared specific occupations as essential for maintaining the functioning of society in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. A current question in the public debate on fair pay is whether essential workers are sufficiently remunerated. Using data from the Netherlands, I analyze the wages of essential workers relative to other workers before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Wage decompositions indicate that, between 2006 and 2019, essential workers earned less compared to other workers within higher-paid strata, while they earned more within lower-paid strata of the occupational structure in the Netherlands. These wage differentials are shaped by sex composition and sectoral employment. In addition, I employ a difference-in-differences design based on quarterly data between 2017 and 2022 to assess whether the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic reduced an existing average wage gap in response to an increasing public appreciation of essential work. Results indicate that the collective experience of the Covid-19 pandemic has not benefited essential workers in the short-term." The study refers to the period 2006-2022 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2025/3