From March to June 2020 was the most dramatic four months in the history of the Australian labour market. Never before has a such a substantial decrease in labour demand (and partial reversal) occurred so quickly. In this article, we present an overview of the early impact of COVID‐19: the main drivers it brought into play and the consequent labour market developments. Aggregate effects and how impacts differed by type of job and worker are described. We conclude with a brief review of the main government response to COVID‐19, the JobKeeper program.

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澳大利亚劳动力市场和COVID-19的早期影响：评估

2020年3月至2020年6月是澳大利亚劳动力市场历史上最富戏剧性的四个月。以前从未如此迅速地出现过如此大幅度的劳动力需求下降（以及部分逆转）。在本文中，我们概述了COVID-19的早期影响：发挥作用的主要驱动力以及随之而来的劳动力市场发展。描述了总体影响以及影响因工作类型和工人类型而有所不同。最后，我们简要回顾了政府对JobVeeper计划COVID-19的主要回应。