We analyse the content of Italian occupations operating in about 600 sectors with a focus on the dimensions that expose workers to contagion risks during the COVID-19 epidemics. To do so we leverage extremely detailed and granular information from ICP, the Italian equivalent of O*Net. We find...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been hugely heterogeneous across individuals depending on their job. The present paper classifies the health risk and the labour market risk associated with each job. The health risk depends on how likely it is that someone gets infected with COVID-19...