Can the euro-zone avoid a labour market “cliff edge”?

Short-time work schemes are not being used as much as they were in the spring, but they still account for about 5% of the labour force. So as euro-zone governments reduce support for jobs (in the way that the UK government announced this week), unemployment will rise. Spain looks set to be worst affected.

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