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So, when asked if men and women in the Swedish labour market have been differently affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, our overall conclusion would have to be “no”.
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Pamela Campa, SITE, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.
Jesper Roine, SITE, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.
Svante Strömberg, SITE, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.
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Campa, P., Roine, J. & Strömberg, S. Unequal Labour Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Sweden — But Not Between Women and Men. Intereconomics 56, 264–269 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-021-0996-3
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