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COVID-19: Men without university degrees suffered the most from pandemic job losses

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Less educated workers find it harder to re-enter the labour market when they leave. Image: Unsplash/ John Kakuk

Jeevun Sandher
PhD Candidate, Department of Political Economy, King's College London
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Change in employment rates during the pandemic. Image: Labour Force Survey 2019
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Long-term employment rates. Image: Labour Force Survey 2019
Proportion of job tasks that are manual.
Proportion of job tasks that are manual. Image: Labour Force Survey 2019
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Key worker percentage Image: Labour Force Survey 2019
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