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In this paper, we use a hypothetical choice methodology to robustly estimate preferences for workplace attributes and … systematic relationship between the respondents' job preferences as revealed during college and the actual workplace …
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There are very large literatures in public health and economics on the effects of workplace smoking bans, with most … studies relying on cross-sectional variation. We provide new quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of workplace bans by … using the differential timing of adoption of over 100 very strong local smoking by-laws in Ontario, Canada over the period …
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Were workers more likely to be infected by COVID-19 in their workplace, or outside it? While both economic models of … the pandemic and public health policy recommendations often presume that the workplace is less safe, this paper seeks an …
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Numerous government policies have attempted to keep workers out of the workplace, on the assumption that this will … lower transmission of COVID-19. We test that assumption, measuring the effect of aggregate workplace absence on US COVID … home, based on differences in county occupational mix, we find no effect of workplace absence until mid-May, then a sharply …
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We explore the impact of COVID-19 on employee's digital communication patterns through an event study of lockdowns in 16 large metropolitan areas in North America, Europe and the Middle East. Using de- identified, aggregated meeting and email meta-data from 3,143,270 users, we find, compared to...
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Using data from the US Postal Service and Zillow, we quantify the effect of Covid-19 on migration patterns and real estate markets within and across US cities. We find two key results. First, within large US cities, households, businesses, and real estate demand have moved from dense central...
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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial and legal system will need to deal with a surge of financial distress in the business sector. Some firms will be able to survive, while others will face bankruptcy and thus need to be liquidated or reorganized. Many surviving firms will need to...
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We use a detailed micro dataset on product availability to construct a direct high-frequency measure of consumer product shortages during the 2020-2021 pandemic. We document a widespread multi-fold rise in shortages in nearly all sectors early in the pandemic. Over time, the composition of...
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The Canadian labor market experienced a period of unprecedented turmoil following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyze the main changes using standard labor force statistics and new data on job postings. Envisaging a phase of temporary severing of employment relationships followed by a...
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provincial vaccination rates and 790,000 or more first doses for Canada as a whole as of October 31, 2021 (5 to 13 weeks after …
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