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Editorial
. 2020 Jun:119:103436.
doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103436. Epub 2020 May 8.

Unemployment in the time of COVID-19: A research agenda

David L Blustein  1 , Ryan Duffy  2 , Joaquim A Ferreira  3 , Valerie Cohen-Scali  4 , Rachel Gali Cinamon  5 , Blake A Allan  6
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Editorial

Unemployment in the time of COVID-19: A research agenda

David L Blustein et al. J Vocat Behav. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

This essay represents the collective vision of a group of scholars in vocational psychology who have sought to develop a research agenda in response to the massive global unemployment crisis that has been evoked by the COVID-19 pandemic. The research agenda includes exploring how this unemployment crisis may differ from previous unemployment periods; examining the nature of the grief evoked by the parallel loss of work and loss of life; recognizing and addressing the privilege of scholars; examining the inequality that underlies the disproportionate impact of the crisis on poor and working class communities; developing a framework for evidence-based interventions for unemployed individuals; and examining the work-family interface and unemployment among youth.

Keywords: COVID-19; Inequality; Precarious work; Unemployment; Unemployment interventions; Work-family interface; Youth unemployment.

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