labourdemand_wake

This document describes the variables used in the paper “Labour demand in the wake of a shock: A dose–response approach”. The main variable of interest is labour demand, measured as the logarithm of the number of vacancies from the Lightcast dataset. Vacancies are classified into total, essential, and non-essential sectors, based on ATECO codes and in line with the Italian government’s decree of 22 March 2020. In addition, the dataset includes labour market indicators, mortality and contagion measures, as well as demographic characteristics at the province (NUTS-3) level in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic. This document provides an overview of the variables included, their type, and their ranges. The vacancy data from the Lightcast dataset is confidential; therefore, we provide a synthetic dataset that reproduces the structure of the original data.