Fear of going back to work and work from home: assessing the employment allocation under COVID-19
Bughin, Jacques ; Cincera, Michele
2021
16 p.
epidemic disease ; work at home ; employment
Work organization
English
"We estimate a reduced form of employment at the COVID time through a simple labor market equilibrium that accounts for workers possibly fearing work on-site (FOG) and for firms' strategies such as work from home (WFH). Employment estimates on the French market demonstrate that work allocation during COVID-19 has been affected by FOG and WFH and is affected by both a variety of risks besides health risk, induced by the pandemic. In general, it confirms that employment dynamics may lead to some clear divide based on the health and socio-economics of the working-age population."
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