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Information and communication technologies and rural development
2001
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Capacity for remote working can affect lockdown costs differently across places
OECD - 2020
This note provides an assessment of the regional capacity of 27 EU countries, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States to transition to remote working during a lockdown situation. It also shows that large cities typically have a higher share of occupations amenable to remote working. To a...
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Teleworking in the COVID-19 pandemic: Trends and prospects
OECD - 2021
information on how teleworking evolved during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020), with a particular focus on timely … and high frequency data published by national statistical organisations, as well as evidence on how telework may evolve in …
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Productivity gains from teleworking in the post COVID-19 era: How can public policies make it happen?
OECD - 2020
force many firms to introduce telework (working from home) on a large scale. This may catalyse wider adoption of teleworking … gains for productivity and welfare inherent in the use of more widespread telework, governments should promote investments … in the physical and managerial capacity of firms and workers to telework and address potential concerns for worker well …
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Tax administration: Towards sustainable remote working in a post COVID-19 environment
OECD - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic saw a significant shift among most tax administrations to remote working by many of their staff. As tax administrations consider the shape of the workplace post-pandemic, many are examining the options for some degree of continued remote working for employees on a...
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Implications of Remote Working Adoption on Place Based Policies : A Focus on G7 Countries
OECD - 2021
COVID-19 has accelerated the digitalisation of working and social interactions. Global lockdowns to contain the pandemic have forced firms and workers to perform a wide range of daily functions through virtual means. This has led to greater uptake and acceptance of remote working, which will...
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Schooling during a pandemic : the experience and outcomes of schoolchildren during the first round of COVID-19 lockdowns
Thorn, William; Vincent-Lancrin, Stéphan - OECD - 2021
the education of schoolchildren during the first wave of COVID-19 lockdowns of March-April 2020. Its purpose is primarily …
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The effects of the employment of foreign workers
Böhning, W. R.; Maillat, D. - 1974
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Creating high-value jobs in the post-COVID-19 recovery with nuclear energy projects
OECD - 2020
Nuclear power is capable of supplying large amounts of low‑carbon electricity and heat cost‑effectively while creating a large number of high‑value jobs in the local and national economies. The post‑COVID‑19 economic recovery is a perfect opportunity to create jobs and economic...
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More than one-third of West Africans have no handwashing facility at home
OECD - 2020
Handwashing is one of the top preventive measures recommended to reduce the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). However …
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