Task Content and Job Losses in the Great Lockdown
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4573340 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Filippos Petroulakis (0000-0003-1077-482X, Filippos Petroulakis is a Research Economist in the Economic Analysis and Research Department at the Bank of Greece, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 586-613 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00197939231161616 |
| OpenAlex | W3094699672 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 20 |
The author examines the short-term labor market effects of the COVID-19 pandemic (aka the Great Lockdown recession) in the United States. Findings show that the task content is an important predictor of job losses; jobs with a high non-routine cognitive content are especially well-protected, even if they are not teleworkable. Teleworkability matters more for low-paying jobs. The importance of task content, particularly for non-routine cognitive tasks, is strong even after controlling for demographics and for differential sector and location shocks, while effects persist in the medium run. Jobs subject to higher structural turnover rates were much more likely to be terminated, suggesting that easier-to-replace employees were at a particular disadvantage, even within sectors. At the same time, labor hoarding may occur for more valuable matches. Individuals in low-skilled jobs fared comparatively better in industries with a high share of high-skilled workers, suggesting complementarities across skill types
Business · Cognition · Demographic economics · Distress · Economics · Hoarding (animal behavior) · Labour economics · Recession · Task (project management) · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology
Skills, Tasks and Technologies
Reassessing the ins and outs of unemployment
Determinants of Disparities in Covid-19 Job Losses
How many jobs can be done at home?
Covid-19 and Remote Work
The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change
The Innovation Premium to Soft Skills in Low-Skilled Occupations
Firm‐Specific Human Capital
Occupational Skill Mismatch
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |