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Title: Startups and Employment Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Calculator

Author(s): Petr Sedlacek and Vincent Sterk

Publication Date: April 2020

Keyword(s): COVID-19, employment, Macroeconomics and Startups

Programme Area(s): Monetary Economics and Fluctuations

Abstract: Early indicators suggest that startup activity is heavily disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown. At the same time, empirical evidence has shown that such disturbances may have long-lasting effects on aggregate employment. This paper presents a calculator which can be used to compute these effects under different scenarios regarding (i) the number of startups, (ii) the growth potential of startups, and (iii) the survival rate of young firms. We find that employment losses can be substantial and last for more than a decade, even when the assumed slump in startup activity is only short-lived.

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Sedlacek, P and Sterk, V. 2020. 'Startups and Employment Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Calculator'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=14671