The Economy and Society under the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Surveys

Eiichi Tomiura, Banri Ito and Hiroshi Kumanomido

Economic Review, 2022, vol. 73, issue 2, 117-132

Abstract: This study examines which firms adopt online meetings and teleworking to face-to-face contacts in manufacturing and wholesale industries in Japan at four time points during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey results show that substantially more firms began using online meetings and teleworking, but significant inter-firm variations continued across industries and size classes. Firms that had been digitized or globalized before the pandemic tended to be especially active in introducing measures for reducing face-to-face contacts. These findings have deep implications for various issues, including personal work styles and corporate locations.

JEL-codes: F23 F61 J2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.15057/74154

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