Klappentext: Angesichts der Globalisierung wird die Debatte über die Zukunft der Arbeit, über Wirtschaftsstandorte und die Rolle des Sozialstaats in vielen Industrienationen mit 'hnlichen Argumenten geführt. Auf einer breiten empirischen Grundlage bietet der Band einen internationalen...

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 answer both in micro data and economic theory. The...

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