The short-term economic consequences of COVID-19: Exposure to disease, remote work and government response.

Autor: Beland LP; Department of Economics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada., Brodeur A; Department of Economics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada., Wright T; Department of Economics, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2023 Mar 15; Vol. 18 (3), pp. e0270341. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 15 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270341
Abstrakt: We examine the determinants of the consequences of COVID-19 on employment and wages in the United States. Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we investigate whether the economic consequences of COVID-19 were larger for certain occupations, using four indexes: workers relatively more exposed to disease, workers that work with proximity to coworkers, essential/critical workers and workers who can easily work remotely. We find that individuals that work in proximity to others are more affected while individuals able to work remotely and essential workers are less affected by the pandemic. We also present suggestive evidence that our indexes are likely explanations why certain demographic groups such as younger and minority workers have worse labor market outcomes during the pandemic.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2023 Beland et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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