Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although the adverse outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic on the US labor market have been well documented, the impacts of ongoing SARS-CoV-2 circulation are less clear.

Objective

To determine the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used monthly data from employed survey respondents in the nationally representative Current Population Survey spanning January 2010 to December 2024 and linked to COVID-19 wastewater surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The setting was the US before the COVID-19 pandemic (before March 2020), during the pandemic (March 2020 to April 2023), and afte

SUBMITTER: Dennett JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12514624 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature