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Will it be a shecession? : the unintended influence of working from home on the gender wage gap related to the COVID-19 pandemic

Bonacini, Luca; Gallo, Giovanni; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2021 - Version: January 2021

Working from home (WFH) has become a key factor during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in countries that have implemented severe social distancing measures. This paper investigates the potential influence of the working from home attitude of occupations on the gender wage gap (GWG) reported by...

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Weather, psychological wellbeing and mobility during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic

Burdett, Ashley; Davillas, Apostolos; Etheridge, Ben - 2021

Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) and Google COVID-19 Mobility Reports we find evidence of reduced park mobility during the initial period …, while we find systematic links between park mobility and weather over the same period. Our results highlight the importance …

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All that glitters is not gold : effects of working from home on income inequality at the time of COVID-19

Bonacini, Luca; Gallo, Giovanni; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2020 - Preliminary draft, May2020

limiting people mobility freedom in order to contain the infection spread. Consequently, working from home (WFH) procedures … inequality among Italian employees. Specifically, a change from low to high WFH attitude would determine a 10% wage premium on …

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Who lost the most? : distributive effects of COVID-19 pandemic

Aina, Carmen; Brunetti, Irene; Mussida, Chiara; … - 2021

This paper investigates what happened to the wage distribution in Italy during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. It shows which categories of workers and economic sectors have suffered more than others and to what extent both the actual level of smart-working and the ability to Working...

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COVID-19 and (gender) inequality in income : the impact of discretionary policy measures in Austria

Christl, Michael; De Poli, Silvia; Kucsera, Dénes; … - 2021

modeled. We find that discretionary fiscal policy measures in Austria are key to counteracting the inequality- and poverty …

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The varying impact of COVID-19 in the Spanish labor market

Cabanillas-Jiménez, Guillermo; Galanakis, Yannis - 2022

Historically, the Spanish labor market has been quite unstable. The unexpected arrival of COVID-19 in 2020 has stressed these vulnerabilities. In this paper, we analyze the immediate impact of the pandemic on Spanish labor market outcomes. We find that, during the lockdown period, individuals...

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The distributional consequences of social distancing on poverty and labour income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Delaporte, Isaure; Escobar, Julia; Peña, Werner - 2021 - Current version: April 15, 2021

and labour income inequality in 20 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. We estimate the share of individuals that … whether their occupation is affected by legal workplace closures or mobility restrictions. Furthermore, we compare the shares … poverty and labour income inequality. We find an increase in poverty and labour income inequality in most of the LAC countries …

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The distributional consequences of social distancing on poverty and labour income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Delaporte, Isaure; Escobar, Julia; Peña, Werner - 2020

labour income inequality in 20 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. We gather detailed information from national … work from home but also whether their occupation is aﬀected by workplace closures or mobility restrictions. We ﬁnd that, on … and examine changes in poverty and labour income inequality. We ﬁnd an increase in poverty and labour income inequality in …

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COVID-19 : a crisis of the female self-employed

Graeber, Daniel; Kritikos, Alexander; Seebauer, Johannes - 2021

We investigate how the economic consequences of the pandemic, and of the governmentmandated measures to contain its spread, affect the self-employed - particularly women - in Germany. For our analysis, we use representative, real-time survey data in which respondents were asked about their...

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Remote work, wages, and hours worked in the United States

Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff; Vernon, Victoria - 2023

Remote wage employment gradually increased in the United States during the four decades prior to the pandemic, then surged in 2020 due to social distancing policies implemented to stem the spread of COVID-19. Using the 2010-2021 American Community Survey, the authors examine trends in wage and...

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