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Task content and job losses in the Great Lockdown

Petroulakis, Filippos - 2020

I examine the short-term labor market effects of the Great Lockdown in the United States. I analyze job losses by task content (Acemoglu & Autor 2011), and show that they follow underlying trends; jobs with a high non-routine content are especially well-protected, even if they are not...

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Navigating the Precarious Path: Understanding the Dualisation of the Italian Labour Market through the Lens of Involuntary Part-Time Employment

Cuccu, Liliana; Royuela, Vicente; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2024

This paper investigates the surge in Involuntary Part-Time (IPT) employment in Italy from 2004 to 2019, exploring its impact on various socio-economic groups and adopting a spatial perspective. Our study tests the hypothesis that technological shifts, specifically routine biased technological...

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The Future of Work in Developing Economies: What can we learn from the South?

Egana del Sol, Pablo - 2020

In recent years, there has been an escalation of concern revolving around the effect that automation will have on the … at a large scale. Numerous studies have begun to investigate automation's impact on labor markets, although all have … Skills Measurement Program Database, we examine automation's effect on 10 developing countries throughout Latin America …

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Does the Rise of Robotic Technology Make People Healthier?

Gunadi, Christian; Ryu, Hanbyul - 2020

Technological advancements bring changes to our life, altering our behaviors as well as our role in the economy. In this paper, we examine the potential effect of the rise of robotic technology on health. The results of the analysis suggest that higher penetration of industrial robots in the...

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COVID-19 and entrepreneurship entry and exit: Opportunity amidst adversity

Otrachshenko, Vladimir; Popova, Olga; Nikolova, Milena; … - 2022

We theoretically and empirically examine how acquiring new skills and increased financial worries influenced entrepreneurship entry and exit intentions during the pandemic. To that end, we analyze primary survey data we collected in the aftermath of the COVID-19's first wave in Russia, which has...

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Did COVID-19 (permanently) raise the demand for "teleworkable" jobs?

Bratti, Massimiliano; Brunetti, Irene; Corvasce, Alessandro - 2024

This study leverages detailed administrative data on firms' job flows and variation across Local Labor Markets (LLMs) in the spread of COVID-19 to investigate shifts in labor demand prompted by the pandemic. To this end, we exploit the large spatial variation in the intensity of the pandemic...

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The Short-Term Effect of COVID-19 on Self-Employed Workers in Canada

Beland, Louis-Philippe; Fakorede, Oluwatobi; Mikola, Derek - 2020

Using the Canadian Labour Force Survey, we document the short-term impact of COVID-19 on self-employed individuals in Canada, which we interpret as small business owners. We document an important decrease in business ownership between February 2020 and May 2020 (-14.8 percent for incorporated...

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Canadian Small Businesses’ Employees and Owners during COVID-19

Beland, Louis-Philippe; Fakorede, Oluwatobi; Mikola, Derek - 2020

Canadian employers are largely small businesses. Their relevance for job creation and labour demand is integral for policymakers concerned with adverse labour market outcomes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the Canadian Labour Force Survey (LFS) we document how the self-employed,...

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“A Global City in a Global Pandemic: Assessing the Ongoing Impact of COVID Induced Trends on London’s Economic Sectors”

Anderson, Dylan; Hesketh, Rachel; Kleinman, Mark; … - 2020

Over the last 50 years, London has successfully adapted to technological change and globalization, making it the major driver of the UK economy. But its strengths have also made the city particularly vulnerable to the health impacts of COVID-19, and potentially also to wider negative economic...

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Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Cause People to Be Unhappy? Evidence from a Six-Country Survey

Nguyen, Cuong Viet - 2021

Does the COVID-19 pandemic cause people unhappy? In this study, we use a recent survey from China, Japan, South Korea, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States to explore this question. We find a relatively large effect: a one per-mille point increase in the incidence of the COVID-19...

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