Occupation and working outcomes during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Agar Brugiavini, Raluca E. Buia () and Irene Simonetti ()
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Raluca E. Buia: Department of Economics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

No 2021:09, Working Papers from Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari"

Abstract: Using data from the recent SHARE COVID-19 survey and additional information collected in the previous waves of SHARE, we explore the effects of occupation's characteristics on two outcomes: (i) the probability of work interruptions during the pandemic, coupled with the length of such interruptions and (ii) the probability of switching to homeworking during the lockdown. In order to assess how job features affected the likelihood of having experienced work interruptions or shifted to teleworking, we define six occupation categories by classifying the ISCO job titles according to two criteria: the safety level of the occupation and the essential (unessential) nature of the good or service provided. We find that characteristics of the occupation are major determinants of the probability of experiencing work interruptions and determine the length of such interruptions. Working from home also largely depends on the features of the job, even controlling for many other covariates at the individual level. In addition, we show that labour market outcomes of women, self-employed and less educated workers are negatively affected by the pandemic to a much larger extent than men.

Keywords: Pandemic; work-interruption; homeworking; safe/unsafe occupation; essential/unessential job (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J01 J21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2021
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