Real-Time Labor Market Estimates During the 2020 Coronavirus Outbreak

Bick, Alexander; Blandin, Adam

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3692425

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“…No respondents sign up specifically for our survey. Prescott et al (2016), Starr et al (2020) and Bick and Blandin (2021) provide validation exercises and useful discussions of these sorts of online surveys. We adopt many of their practices to enhance data quality.…”

Section: The Survey Of Working Arrangements and Attitudesmentioning

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Why Working From Home Will Stick

Barrero¹,

Bloom²,

Davis³

2020

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We survey 15,000 Americans over several waves to investigate whether, how, and whyworking from home will stick after COVID-19. The pandemic drove a mass social experiment in which half of all paid hours were provided from home between May and October 2020. Our survey evidence says that 22 percent of all full work days will be supplied from home after the pandemic ends, compared with just 5 percent before. We provide evidence on five mechanisms behind this persistent shift to working from home: diminished stigma, better-than-expected experiences working from home, investments in physical and human capital enabling working from home, reluctance to return to pre-pandemic activities, and innovation supporting working from home. We also examine some implications of a persistent shift in working arrangements: First, high-income workers, especially, will enjoy the perks of working from home. Second, we forecast that the post-pandemic shift to working from home will lower worker spending in major city centers by 5 to 10 percent. Third, many workers report being more productive at home than on business premises, so post-pandemic work from home plans offer the potential to raise productivity as much as 2.4 percent.

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Section: The Survey Of Working Arrangements and Attitudesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why Working From Home Will Stick

Barrero¹,

Bloom²,

Davis³

2020

Preprint

196

306

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“…The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in early 2020 significantly disrupted lives across the United States [ 1 ]. Within weeks of the first reported case, schools, shops, restaurants, and workplaces were closed for business, 15% of adults were unemployed, and social distancing and stay-at-home guidelines led to widespread isolation [ 2 ]. Evidence shows that such a climate is deleterious to mental health [ [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] ].…”

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Emergency department utilization for mental health conditions before and after the COVID-19 outbreak

Stroever¹,

Brett²,

Michael

et al. 2021

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine

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Introduction The outbreak of COVID-19 disrupted lives across the United States. Evidence shows that such a climate is deleterious to mental health and may increase demand for mental health services in emergency departments. The purpose of this study was to determine the difference in emergency department utilization for mental health diagnoses before and after the COVID-19 surge. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study between January–August 2019 and January–August 2020 with emergency department encounter as the sampling unit. The primary outcome was the proportion of all emergency department encounters attributed to mental health. We performed chi-square analyses to evaluate the differences between 2019 and 2020. Results We found that overall emergency department volume declined between 2019 and 2020, while the proportion attributable to mental health conditions increased ( p < 0.01). Substance abuse, anxiety, and mood disorders accounted for nearly 90% of mental health diagnoses during both periods. When stratified by sex, substance abuse was the leading mental health diagnosis for males and anxiety and substance abuse disorders combined accounted for the largest proportion for females. Discussion The emergency department is an important community resource for the identification and triage of mental health emergencies. This role is even more important during disasters and extended crises, making it imperative that emergency departments employ experienced mental health staff. This study provides a comparison of emergency department utilization for mental health diagnoses before the pandemic and during the spring 2020 surge and may serve as a useful guide for hospitals, health systems and communities in future planning.

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“…Addressing poverty by guaranteeing access to material resources to help individuals achieve acceptable levels of quality of life and ensuring that worthy sources of employment are available in a clean and safe environment, should be key aspects of post-COVID-19 strategies. According to Bick and Blandin ( 2020 ), the unemployment rate in the U.S. increased to 20% by the beginning of May 2020. Martin et al ( 2020 ) state that unemployment is among the most devastating consequences of policies that restrict movement and lockdowns, since unemployed individuals are mainly focused on meeting their primary needs (e.g., food, housing and clothing), and therefore, the risk of being infected is secondary.…”

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Decision support system for ranking relevant indicators for reopening strategies following COVID-19 lockdowns

Almulhim

Barahona

2021

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The pandemic caused by the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus forced governments around the world to impose lockdowns, which mostly involved restricting non-essential activities. Once the rate of infection is manageable, governments must implement strategies that reverse the negative effects of the lockdowns. A decision support system based on fuzzy theory and multi-criteria decision analysis principles is proposed to investigate the importance of a set of key indicators for post-COVID-19 reopening strategies. This system yields more reliable results because it considers the hesitation and experience of decision makers. By including 16 indicators that are utilized by international organizations for comparing, ranking, or investigating countries, our results suggest that governments and policy makers should focus their efforts on reducing violence, crime and unemployment. The provided methodology illustrates the suitability of decision science tools for tackling complex and unstructured problems, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments, policy makers and stakeholders might find in this work scientific-based guidelines that facilitate complex decision-making processes.

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Real-Time Labor Market Estimates During the 2020 Coronavirus Outbreak

Cited by 89 publications

References 8 publications

Why Working From Home Will Stick

Why Working From Home Will Stick

Emergency department utilization for mental health conditions before and after the COVID-19 outbreak

Decision support system for ranking relevant indicators for reopening strategies following COVID-19 lockdowns

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