Affiliation:
1. Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic ignited an unprecedented emergency for countries across the globe. The twin threats to lives and livelihood caused due to the pandemic brought severe ramifications to the Indian economy. The labour market faced the brunt exponentially, and the same is evident from the extensive research studies undertaken in this realm. A large volume of research has been published in this domain analysing the impact of COVID-19. This bibliometric study presents the dominant areas of current research upon analysing the extant literature on the economic impact of the pandemic. The study identifies prevalent topics and themes mapped from the existing knowledge base by applying natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning. The study proposes areas for further research. JEL Codes: I1, I3, E7 1, E2