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

• Published in: Journal of vocational behavior Vol. 119; p. 103436
• Main Authors: Blustein, David L., Duffy, Ryan, Ferreira, Joaquim A., Cohen-Scali, Valerie, Cinamon, Rachel Gali, Allan, Blake A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2020; Elsevier Limited; Elsevier
• Subjects: Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Economic crisis; Humanities and Social Sciences; Inequality; Pandemics; Precarious work; Psychology; Sociology; Studies; Unemployment; Unemployment interventions; Work-family interface; Youth unemployment; COVID-19; Work-family interface; Precarious work; Unemployment interventions; Unemployment; Inequality; Youth unemployment
• ISSN: 0001-8791; 1095-9084
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103436

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.