Redundancies have been most common among the low-income forces in service, trade and healthcare.

Something that surprises the sociologist Roland Paulsen.

- If it had happened in Sweden, we would have a chorus of commentators who say that we have a too generous welfare system and that is why people become lax and resign.

But in the United States, people actually take very big risks and receive low financial compensation.

Large support packages

That many still dared to take the risk may be due to the historically large state support packages, with higher unemployment benefits than what is used to in the US, according to Aftonbladet's cultural director Karin Pettersson.

- This has led people in the low-wage professions to see that the difference between having a job and not having a job is not that great.

So there I think the press is coming from below, it's not worth it anymore.

Then the question is what happens when the pandemic subsides and the support disappears, she says in Ekonomibyrån.

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