Measuring the effects of the Covid-19 Delta wave on the U.S. hourly labor market

In this article, we take a closer look at the implications of rising Covid-19 cases and vaccination rates for the U.S. hourly labor market.To do so, we rely on geographic variation in the high-frequency data collected by the firm Homebase with its timekeeping software.This data source allows us to make use of U.S. state-level variation on a daily basis in order to decompose the effects on hourly employees and hours worked from both rising cases and vaccinations.1.The rise of the Covid-19 Delta variant in the U.S.,