Who will Bear the Brunt of Lockdown Policies? : Evidence from Tele-workability Measures Across Countries /

Lockdowns imposed around the world to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic are having a differential impact on economic activity and jobs. This paper presents a new index of the feasibility to work from home to investigate what types of jobs are most at risk. We estimate that over 97.3 millio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brussevich, Mariya
Other Authors: Dabla-Norris, Era, Khalid, Salma
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/088
Online Access:Full text available on IMF