COVID-19, occupational social distancing and remote working potential: An occupation, sector and regional perspective

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2020-09-15
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Crowley, Frank
Doran, Justin
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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10.1111/rsp3.12347
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A key question regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty around the implications of social distancing measures and remote working is how it will economically impact people and places differently. We generate two indices which capture: (i) social distancing potential; and (ii) remote working potential. This is accomplished using occupational level data from O*NET. The paper identifies that social distancing and remote working potential differs considerably across occupations, sectors and places. At a town level - more affluent, dense and highly populated, better educated, and better broadband provisioned towns have greater potential for social distancing and remote working.
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COVID-19 , Occupations , Regions , Remote working index , Social distancing index
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Crowley, F. and Doran, J. (2020) 'COVID-19, occupational social distancing and remote working potential: An occupation, sector and regional perspective', Regional Science Policy and Practice, 12 6), pp. 1211-1234. doi: 10.1111/rsp3.12347
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https://hdl.handle.net/10468/12244
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Economics - Journal Articles
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© 2020, the Authors. Regional Science Policy and Practice © 2020, RSAI. This is the peer reviewed version of the following item: Crowley, F. and Doran, J. (2020) 'COVID-19, occupational social distancing and remote working potential: An occupation, sector and regional perspective', Regional Science Policy and Practice, 12 6), pp. 1211-1234, doi: 10.1111/rsp3.12347, which has been published in final form at: https://doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12347. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.