本研究使用的证据来自世界银行对南欧6个国家企业的抽样调查。报告审查了Covid-19对劳动力市场影响的早期证据。证据和分析是在大流行仍在发展的时候提供的。Covid-19的未来进展和政府的遏制措施是不确定的，在大流行结束后，全面的经济后果可能会继续显现。对劳动力的全面影响可能不是第一个。尽管如此，从这一流行病的早期阶段吸取教训的可能性非常重要，足以使这项工作具有价值。该研究表明，尽管政府努力支持企业并囤积劳动力，但仍有大量企业倒闭的前景，这将导致就业岗位的流失。公司的临时关闭也意味着劳动力周的大量损失。这在一定程度上与大量工人被迫休假有关。无论是临时关闭还是强制休假，都将由企业、工人和政府承担成本。 The effects of Covid-19 on firms differ across sectors. Adverse effects tend to be higher in hospitality, non-essential retail and travel. A degree of gender segregation means that these are sectors with a high proportion of female workers and, in consequence, most of the countries in the sample exhibit an early decline of the share of women in employment. That many firms lack the capacity to survive further temporary closures of a similar duration to those in the earlier stages emphasises that the support provided in the near future is of critical importance to control employment losses through permanent firm closures.