All that glitters is not gold. Effects of working from home on income inequality at the time of COVID-19.

Autor/inn/en	Bonacini, Luca; Gallo, Giovanni; Scicchitano, Sergio
Institution	USA / General Land Office
Titel	All that glitters is not gold. Effects of working from home on income inequality at the time of COVID-19. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Es ist nicht alles Gold, was glänzt. Auswirkungen der Arbeit von Zuhause aus auf die Einkommensungleichheit zu Zeiten von COVID-19.
Quelle	Essen (2020), 32 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	GLO discussion paper. 541
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Soziale Ungleichheit; Pandemie; Einkommensverteilung; Qualifikation; Telearbeit; Auswirkung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Italien
Abstract	"The recent global COVID-19 pandemic forced most of governments in developed countries to introduce severe measures limiting people mobility freedom in order to contain the infection spread. Consequently, working from home (WFH) procedures became of great importance for a large part of employees, since they represent the only option to both continue working and keep staying home. Based on influence function regression methods, our paper explores the role of WFH attitude across labour income distribution in Italy. Results show that increasing WFH attitudes of occupations would lead to a rise of wage inequality among Italian employees. Specifically, a change from low to high WFH attitude would determine a 10% wage premium on average and even higher premiums (+17%) in top deciles of wage distribution. A possible improvement of occupations WFH attitude tends to benefit male, older and high-paid employees, as well as those living in provinces more affected by the novel coronavirus." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2020/4