Which Jobs Are Most Vulnerable to COVID-19? What an Analysis of the European Union Reveals
Daniel Garrote Sánchez, Nicolás Gómez‐Parra, Çağlar Özden, Bob Rijkers
Abstract
This Research and Policy Brief presents measures of labor market exposure to COVID-19 (coronavirus)in the European Union (EU) by identifying jobs in non-essential industries that cannot be performed from home. Jobs most at risk account for 30 percent of all EU employment. These jobs are concentrated in lagging regions; tend to be low paid and less secure; and are disproportionately held by young, poorly educated workers and migrants. In the absence of urgent large-scale remedial action, the COVID-19 (coronavirus) is likely to exacerbate preexisting socioeconomic and regional disparities
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)European unionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPandemicPolitical scienceVirologyGeographyBusinessMedicineInternational tradeOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePathologyEmployment and Welfare StudiesCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts