Teleworking as a mitigator of the economic impacts of the CO VID-19 pandemic.The case of Argentina
We estimate the role of teleworking as a mitigator of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic shock on the Argentine labor market. To that aim, we analyze the link between occupational-level teleworking potential scores, estimated from three different surveys (O*NET, PIAAC, and STEP) and labor market ou...
- Autores:
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De la Vega, Pablo
Gasparini,Leonardo
- Tipo de recurso:
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2021
- Institución:
- Universidad EAFIT
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio EAFIT
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/33384
- Acceso en línea:
- https://hdl.handle.net/10784/33384
- Palabra clave:
- covid-19
labor market
teleworking
Argentina
covid-19
mercado laboral
teletrabajo
Argentina
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- Copyright © 2021 Pablo de la Vega, Leonardo Gasparini
| Summary: | We estimate the role of teleworking as a mitigator of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic shock on the Argentine labor market. To that aim, we analyze the link between occupational-level teleworking potential scores, estimated from three different surveys (O*NET, PIAAC, and STEP) and labor market outcomes at the individual level, exploiting the rotating panel structure of the Argentine national household survey. We find that during the peak of the pandemic-related restrictions, the potential for teleworking was positively correlated with the probability of being active and employed. These effects are concentrated in the subsample of “non-essential” workers. In contrast, we find no systematic effects of teleworking potential on employment transitions prior to the pandemic, a reassuring result consistent with our identification strategy. |
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