Narrow search
Showing 1 - 6 of 6
Cover Image
COVID-19, stay-at-home orders and employment : evidence from CPS data
Beland, Louis-Philippe; Brodeur, Abel; Wright, Taylor - 2020
employment and wages in the United States. Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we document that COVID-19 increased the unemployment … their labor market outcomes affected, while workers working in proximity to coworkers are more affected. The unemployment …, these policies increased unemployment by nearly 4 percentage points, but reduced COVID-19 cases by 186,600-311,000, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012221891
Cover Image
The short-term economic consequences of COVID-19 : occupation tasks and mental health in Canada
Beland, Louis-Philippe; Brodeur, Abel; Mikola, Derek; … - 2020
-analysis plan, we investigate the negative impact of the pandemic on unemployment, labour force participation, hours and wages in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012220772
Cover Image
Globalization, technological change and skills : evidence from Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2017
There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change over employment in least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization and consequent international technological transfer. Using a panel of 1,940 Ethiopian firms over the period 1996-2004 and deploying GMMSYS estimates,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012109320
Cover Image
The short-term economic consequences ofCOVID-19 : exposure to disease, remote work and government response
Béland, Louis-Philippe; Brodeur, Abel; Wright, Taylor - 2020
increased the unemployment rate, decreased hours of work and labor force participation and had no significant impacts on wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012203071
Cover Image
Labour-saving automation and occupational exposure : a text-similarity measure
Montobbio, Fabio; Staccioli, Jacopo; Virgillito, Maria … - 2021
This paper represents one of the first attempts at building a direct measure of occupational exposure to robotic labour-saving technologies. After identifying robotic and LS robotic patents retrieved by Montobbio et al. (2022), the underlying 4-digit CPC definitions are employed in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012672263
Cover Image
Innovation and the labor market : theory, evidence and challenges
Corrocher, Nicoletta; Moschella, Daniele; Staccioli, Jacopo - 2023
This paper deals with the complex relationship between innovation and the labor market, analyzing the impact of new technological advancements on overall employment, skills and wages. After a critical review of the extant literature and the available empirical studies, novel evidence is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014289140