This paper examines the importance of skills, especially through vocational training, for the rural non-farm sector in overcoming the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The difference-in-differences technique has been used to assess the differential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the earnings of skilled and unskilled self-employed activities. The primary data
Immigration and natives exposure to COVID-related risks in the EU voxeu.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from voxeu.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jonathan Dingel, Brent Neiman
At the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, scholars around the world estimated the potential of working from home given its efficacy as a measure that could mitigate the spread of the contagion while allowing productive activities to continue. One of the first studies was by Dingel and Neiman (2020), who used occupational descriptions from the Occupational Information Network (O NET) to derive an estimate that 34% of American jobs could potentially be performed from home. Other scholars adapted their methodology to their particular country circumstance (e.g. Ramiro Albieu 2020 for Argentina and Boeri et al. 2020 for Europe).
Because the O NET data are for the US, their application is limited to countries with a similar employment structure and working environment. As we were interested in estimating numbers for a world that includes labour markets from Uganda to the UK, we undertook a Delphi survey of labour market experts from across the world and the
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Jonathan Dingel, Brent Neiman
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, working from home (WFH) has been increasingly implemented in major advanced countries. Before the crisis, the percentage of workers participating working from home was approximately 10% in major advanced countries. The number of workers who conduct their jobs at home increased suddenly in March 2020. But productivity at home compared to the usual workplace – which is a key parameter in assessing the impact of WFH on the economy – has not been well understood.
Working from home in the epidemiology models
Epidemiological models that incorporate the economic behaviour of individuals have been developed, and simulation analyses of the effects of social distancing measures (such as a shelter-in-place orders and mandatory shutdowns of service industries) have been conducted in many countries (Avery et al. 2020). These studies indicate that stringent social distancing policies are effective in mitigating the spre