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Jobs' Amenability to Working from Home: Evidence from Skills Surveys for 53 Countries

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dc.contributor.authorHatayama, Maho
dc.contributor.authorViollaz, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorWinkler, Hernan
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-14T20:38:40Z
dc.date.available2020-05-14T20:38:40Z
dc.date.issued2020-05
dc.description.abstractThe spread of COVID-19 and implementation of "social distancing" policies around the world have raised the question of how many jobs can be done at home. This paper uses skills surveys from 53 countries at varying levels of economic development to estimate jobs' amenability to working from home. The paper considers jobs' characteristics and uses internet access at home as an important determinant of working from home. The findings indicate that the amenability of jobs to working from home increases with the level of economic development of the country. This is driven by jobs in poor countries being more intensive in physical/manual tasks, using less information and communications technology, and having poorer internet connectivity at home. Women, college graduates, and salaried and formal workers have jobs that are more amenable to working from home than the average worker. The opposite holds for workers in hotels and restaurants, construction, agriculture, and commerce. The paper finds that the crisis may exacerbate inequities between and within countries. It also finds that occupations explain less than half of the variability in the working-from-home indexes within countries, which highlights the importance of using individual-level data to assess jobs’ amenability to working from home.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/673341589224762491/Jobs-Amenability-to-Working-from-Home-Evidence-from-Skills-Surveys-for-53-Countries
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9241
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/33753
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9241
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectINTERNET ACCESS
dc.subjectHOME-BASED WORK
dc.subjectTELEWORK
dc.subjectICT
dc.subjectINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR SKILLS
dc.subjectCORONAVIRUS
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectCONNECTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC CRISIS
dc.titleJobs' Amenability to Working from Homeen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Skills Surveys for 53 Countriesen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
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okr.crossref.titleJobs' Amenability to Working from Home: Evidence from Skills Surveys for 53 Countries
okr.date.disclosure2020-05-11
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/673341589224762491/Jobs-Amenability-to-Working-from-Home-Evidence-from-Skills-Surveys-for-53-Countries
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9241
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okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Digital Divide
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::ICT Economics
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Information Technology
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Work & Working Conditions
okr.topicIndustry::Industrial Economics
okr.unitSocial Protection and Jobs Global Practice
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