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When Face-To-Face Interactions Become an Occupational Hazard : Jobs in the Time of COVID-19 / Besart Avdiu.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Avdiu, Besart.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coronavirus.
- COVID-19.
- Face-To-Face Interaction.
- Gender and Economics.
- Home-Based Work.
- Industrial Economics.
- Inequality.
- Labor Markets.
- Occupational Hazard.
- Personal Protective Equipment.
- Work and Working Conditions.
- Workplace Conditions.
- Local Subjects:
- Coronavirus.
- COVID-19.
- Face-To-Face Interaction.
- Gender and Economics.
- Home-Based Work.
- Industrial Economics.
- Inequality.
- Labor Markets.
- Occupational Hazard.
- Personal Protective Equipment.
- Work and Working Conditions.
- Workplace Conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (13 pages)
- Other Title:
- When Face-To-Face Interactions Become an Occupational Hazard
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2020.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- There is a crisis of demand brewing around the globe as social distancing becomes the norm to counter the COVID-19 outbreak. So, which parts of the economy are most in the line of fire? Looking at jobs that can be done at home or that require a high degree of face-to-face interactions with consumers can capture complementary but distinct mechanisms to assess this vulnerability. This paper uses data on 900 job titles from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database for the United States to demonstrate that there is substantial heterogeneity in vulnerability across industries, income groups, and gender. First, industries vary in whether they emphasize face-to-face interactions and home-based work and the two do not always go hand-in-hand. Second, occupations that are less amenable to home-based work are largely concentrated among the lower wage deciles. Third, a larger share of women's employment is accounted for by occupations that are intensive in face-to-face interactions.
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