EU Jobs at Highest Risk of Covid-19 Social Distancing: Will the Pandemic Exacerbate Labour Market Divide?

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“…The result obtained for formal education is strongly supported by related literature (e.g. Couch et al, 2020;Daly et al, 2020;Fana et al, 2020a, b;Montenovo et al, 2020;Pouliakas and Branka, 2020;Sanchez et al, 2020;Nagore and Soest, 2017a). Also, the result on job-specific skills is consistent with Becker's argument on how this factor is important to protect workers.…”

“…With the COVID-19 outset, some literature emerged, pointing for WFH feasibility to increase workers' resilience (e.g. Montenovo et al, 2020;Pouliakas and Branka, 2020).…”

“…Recent studies on the COVID-19 crisis (e.g. Fana et al, 2020b;Pouliakas and Branka, 2020;Sanchez et al, 2020) pointed additional motives for the lower vulnerability of highly skilled workers, including their higher willingness to engage in remote work and their lower participation in jobs requiring face-to-face interaction. These studies typically measure the human capital level of workers using only formal education (general knowledge).…”

Lockdown, Earnings Losses and Household Asset Buffers in Europe1

“…Given the overrepresentation of vulnerable groups in sectors which are hit hardest by restrictions (e.g. Fana et al ., 2020; Pouliakas and Branka, 2020), earnings losses vary widely across the distribution. Also, economies which rely more heavily on these sectors, such as in Southern European countries, are more prone to be affected than those whose productive structures are more service‐oriented as is generally the case in Northern and Western European countries (Doerr and Gambacorta, 2020; Fana et al ., 2020).…”

COVID-19: It’s Impact on Job Security and Employees Attrition of Selected Aviation Companies in Lagos State

“…The global widespread of Covid-19 disease has led to an unparalleled unemployment disaster cum employees' market surprises and it is anticipated to bring in distinct systemic substitute and prolonged problems for global works (Pouliakas & Branka, 2020). Besides the swift adverse surprise encountered on the measures applied to curb or reduce the affliction of the earliest Covid-19, continual adverse consequences are anticipated as a result of lengthy impact of both mandatory and essential practices of social distancing might have on employees' work productivity and performance which will lead to employees' attrition (Pouliakas & Branka, 2020).…”