COVID 19 and Wage Polarization: A task based approach

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The aim of this paper is to estimate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wage polarization in Italy, combining individual characteristics with their task content in terms of physical proximity within the workplace. We use an innovative dataset which combines data from two sample surveys, the Italian Labor Force Survey and Italian Survey of Professions, which provides information on nature and content of the tasks. First, by employing a non-parametric method (the Relative Distribution) we detect a general increasing wage polarization in the sub-period 2020-2019, driven by lowest deciles, after a reduction in the previous one (2019-10). Different groups have been also isolated. Workers with low education, high proximity to customers job, such as the migrant, younger and female ones are the categories that more suffered the general downgrading of the Italian wages happened during the COVID-19 crisis.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 1398

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy ; Labor Standards: Working Conditions ; Crisis Management ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
• Subject: Covid19 ; Income Polarization ; Relative Distribution ; Social Conflicts ; Tasks

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Schettino, Francesco ; Scicchitano, Sergio ; Suppa, Domenico
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Global Labor Organization (GLO)
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2024

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/283883
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET