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COVID‐19, occupational social distancing and remote working potential: An occupation, sector and regional perspective

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  • Frank Crowley
  • Justin Doran

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A key question regarding the COVID‐19 pandemic and the uncertainty around the implications of social distancing measures and remote working is how it will economically impact people and places differently. We generate two indices which capture: (i) social distancing potential; and (ii) remote working potential. This is accomplished using occupational level data from O*NET. The paper identifies that social distancing and remote working potential differs considerably across occupations, sectors and places. At a town level—more affluent, dense and highly populated, better educated, and better broadband provisioned towns have greater potential for social distancing and remote working. Una pregunta clave sobre la pandemia de COVID‐19 y la incertidumbre en torno a las implicaciones de las medidas de distanciamiento social y el teletrabajo es cómo afectará económicamente a las personas y a los lugares de manera diferente. Se generaron dos índices que capturan: i) el potencial de distanciamiento social; y ii) el potencial de teletrabajo. Esto se logró utilizando datos a nivel ocupacional de O*NET. El artículo identificó que el distanciamiento social y el potencial de teletrabajo difieren considerablemente entre las ocupaciones, los sectores y los lugares. A nivel de ciudad, las ciudades más ricas, densas y altamente pobladas, mejor educadas y con mejor suministro de banda ancha tienen un mayor potencial para el distanciamiento social y el teletrabajo. COVID‐19のパンデミックと、ソーシャル・ディスタンディングとリモートワークの意義の不確実性に関する重要な問題は、人々及び場所によって異なる経済的影響をどのように与えるかということである。そこで、1)ソーシャル・ディスタンディングおよび2)リモートワークの潜在的能力を捕捉する2つの指標を作成した。これは、職業情報ネットワーク(O*NET)の職業レベルのデータを用いて作成した。ソーシャル・ディスタンディングおよびリモートワークの潜在的能力が職業、部門および場所によって大きく異なることが確認された。都市レベルでは、裕福で人口密度が高く、教育水準が高く、ブロードバンドが整備されている都市ほど、ソーシャル・ディスタンディングおよびリモートワークの能力が高いことが分かった。

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  • Frank Crowley & Justin Doran, 2020. "COVID‐19, occupational social distancing and remote working potential: An occupation, sector and regional perspective," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 12(6), pages 1211-1234, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:12:y:2020:i:6:p:1211-1234
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12347
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