Productivity changes during the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated risk factors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to investigate productivity loss during the COVID-19 pandemic and identify risk factors by examining indicators of work productivity loss in a population-based cohort in The Netherlands.

Methods

Longitudinal data from the Lifelines COVID-19 cohort were used, enriched with registry data from Statistics Netherlands. Data of N=11 462 workers were collected from 2020-2022. Productivity loss was measured using four indicators: unemployment, sickness absence rate, loss of work hours, and loss of work quality. Generalized estimating equations were used to examine the association between socioeconomic, health-, and work-related characteristics and the four indicators.

Results

Unemployment remained low (<0.5%) throughout the pandemic. In contrast, pr

SUBMITTER: Dalla Riva GMS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12414509 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature