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Digitalization, Remote Work and Firm Resilience: Evidence from the COVID-19 Shock

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dc.contributor.authorConstantinescu , Cristina
dc.contributor.authorGrover, Arti
dc.contributor.authorNayyar, Gaurav
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-16T19:14:14Z
dc.date.available2024-10-16T19:14:14Z
dc.date.issued2024-10-16
dc.description.abstractUsing Business Pulse Survey data for 61 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper presents novel findings on remote work, enabled by digitalization, as a source of resilience for firms. The results suggest the following. First, firms in sectors with greater amenability to remote work experienced a smaller adverse impact of the pandemic in countries with better digital infrastructure. Second, these effects apply to both exporting and non-exporting firms. Third, there are differences across sectors. Among firms in the manufacturing sector, the benefits of remote work in countries with better digital infrastructure accrue more to exporters relative to non-exporters, thereby reflecting a premium to exporting. This exporting premium is not observed in the service sector, which largely comprises firms in non-knowledge intensive services in the sample. Fourth, the effects of the amenability to work remotely in countries with better digital infrastructure do not dissipate over time.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099320110152485309/IDU109730bb01deff1434b1ac661b7155ed32bf4
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10949
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42255
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10949
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectDIGITAL
dc.subjectREMOTE WORK
dc.subjectFIRMS
dc.subjectRESILIENCE
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectTRADE
dc.subjectDECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectSDG 8
dc.titleDigitalization, Remote Work and Firm Resilienceen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from the COVID-19 Shocken
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okr.crossref.titleDigitalization, Remote Work and Firm Resilience: Evidence from the COVID-19 Shock
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okr.sectorOther Industry, Trade and Services
okr.themeInclusive Growth,Human Development and Gender,Data Development and Capacity Building,Economic Policy,Trade Policy,Economic Growth and Planning,Disease Control,Enterprise Development,Private Sector Development,Pandemic Response,Public Sector Management,Trade,Data production, accessibility and use,Global value chains
okr.topicIndustry::Industrial Economics
okr.topicScience and Technology Development::Technology Innovation
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Facilitation
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
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