Arbeitspapier
What COVID-19 may leave behind: Technology-related job postings in Canada
We use data from online job postings listed on a job board to study how the demand for jobs linked to new technologies during the COVID-19 crisis responded to pandemic mitigation policies. We classify job postings into a standard occupation classification, using text analytics, and we group occupations according to their involvement in the production and use of digital technologies. We leverage the variation in the stringency of containment policies over time and across provinces. We find that when policies become more stringent, job postings in occupations that are related to digital infrastructure that allow for remote work fare relatively better than postings in more traditional occupations. Job postings for positions in occupations with low risk of automation recover faster during reopenings than postings for more traditional occupations. Occupations typically populated by disadvantaged groups (e.g., women and lowwage workers) post relatively few job postings if they are not linked to new technologies. We also find that cities with scarce pre-pandemic job postings related to digital technologies post fewer job ads overall when policies become more stringent.
- Language
-
Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
-
Series: Bank of Canada Staff Working Paper ; No. 2022-17
- Classification
-
Wirtschaft
Labor Demand
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
- Subject
-
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Econometric and statistical methods
Labour markets
- Event
-
Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
-
Bellatin, Alejandra
Galassi, Gabriela
- Event
-
Veröffentlichung
- (who)
-
Bank of Canada
- (where)
-
Ottawa
- (when)
-
2022
- DOI
-
doi:10.34989/swp-2022-17
- Handle
- Last update
-
10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
Data provider
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. If you have any questions about the object, please contact the data provider.
Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Bellatin, Alejandra
- Galassi, Gabriela
- Bank of Canada
Time of origin
- 2022
Other Objects (12)
Changes in Payment Timing in Canada’s Large Value Transfer System
The neutral rate of interest in Canada
High-frequency real economic activity indicator for Canada
Fundamental drivers of existing home sales in Canada
Markups in Canada: Have they changed and why?
What explains month-end funding pressure in Canada?
Non-bank financial intermediation in Canada: An update
A structural VAR approach to core inflation in Canada
Financial conditions and the money-output relationship in Canada
The cost of equity in Canada: An international comparison
The "too big to fail" subsidy in Canada: Some estimates
Measuring and evaluating strategic communications at the Bank of Canada
Changes in Payment Timing in Canada’s Large Value Transfer System
The neutral rate of interest in Canada
High-frequency real economic activity indicator for Canada
Fundamental drivers of existing home sales in Canada
Markups in Canada: Have they changed and why?
What explains month-end funding pressure in Canada?
Non-bank financial intermediation in Canada: An update
A structural VAR approach to core inflation in Canada
Financial conditions and the money-output relationship in Canada
The cost of equity in Canada: An international comparison
The "too big to fail" subsidy in Canada: Some estimates
Measuring and evaluating strategic communications at the Bank of Canada
Changes in Payment Timing in Canada’s Large Value Transfer System
The neutral rate of interest in Canada
High-frequency real economic activity indicator for Canada
Fundamental drivers of existing home sales in Canada
Markups in Canada: Have they changed and why?
What explains month-end funding pressure in Canada?
Non-bank financial intermediation in Canada: An update
A structural VAR approach to core inflation in Canada
Financial conditions and the money-output relationship in Canada
The cost of equity in Canada: An international comparison
The "too big to fail" subsidy in Canada: Some estimates