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dc.titleResearch Insights: How Do Firm Digital Adoption Policies Impact Labor Markets and Economic Recovery during the COVID-19 Pandemic?
dc.contributor.authorFinkelstein-Shapiro, Alan
dc.contributor.authorNuguer, Victoria
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2022-08-19T00:08:00
dc.date.issue2022-08-19T00:08:00
dc.description.abstractIn response to a shock such as the COVID-19 pandemic, a policy that facilitates firm digital adoption can, in the short run, accelerate the recovery of GDP, total employment, and labor income. In the medium run, the policy decreases total employment and the labor force participation rate due to a rise in households opportunity cost of working. However, this comes with higher levels of GDP and labor income, greater average firm productivity, a larger formal employment share, and a marginally lower unemployment rate.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004421
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Research-Insights-How-Do-Firm-Digital-Adoption-Policies-Impact-Labor-Markets-and-Economic-Recovery-during-the-COVID-19-Pandemic.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Perspectivas-de-investigacion-Como-afectan-las-politicas-de-adopcion-digital-de-las-empresas-a-los-mercados-laborales-y-a-la-recuperacion-economica-durante-la-pandemia-de-la-COVID-19.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectWage
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectSmall Business
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectGross Domestic Product
dc.subjectLabor Force Participation
dc.subjectInformation and Communication Technology
dc.subjectDigital Technology
dc.subjectSelf Employment
dc.subjectLabor Force
dc.subjectInformal Economy
dc.subjectUnemployment Rate
dc.subjectLabor Market
dc.subject.jelcodeE24 - Employment • Unemployment • Wages • Intergenerational Income Distribution • Aggregate Human Capital • Aggregate Labor Productivity
dc.subject.jelcodeJ23 - Labor Demand
dc.subject.jelcodeJ24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity
dc.subject.jelcodeO14 - Industrialization • Manufacturing and Service Industries • Choice of Technology
dc.subject.keywordsBusiness Cycles and Labor Search Friction;Firm Digital;COVID-19
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-00680
idb.operationBK-C1102
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