TY - BOOK ID - 134883304 TI - When Face-To-Face Interactions Become an Occupational Hazard : Jobs in the Time of COVID-19 AU - Avdiu, Besart. AU - Nayyar, Gaurav. PY - 2020 PB - Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Coronavirus KW - COVID-19 KW - Face-To-Face Interaction KW - Gender and Economics KW - Home-Based Work KW - Industrial Economics KW - Inequality KW - Labor Markets KW - Occupational Hazard KW - Personal Protective Equipment KW - Work and Working Conditions KW - Workplace Conditions UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134883304 AB - There is a crisis of demand brewing around the globe as social distancing becomes the norm to counter the COVID-19 outbreak. So, which parts of the economy are most in the line of fire? Looking at jobs that can be done at home or that require a high degree of face-to-face interactions with consumers can capture complementary but distinct mechanisms to assess this vulnerability. This paper uses data on 900 job titles from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database for the United States to demonstrate that there is substantial heterogeneity in vulnerability across industries, income groups, and gender. First, industries vary in whether they emphasize face-to-face interactions and home-based work and the two do not always go hand-in-hand. Second, occupations that are less amenable to home-based work are largely concentrated among the lower wage deciles. Third, a larger share of women's employment is accounted for by occupations that are intensive in face-to-face interactions. ER -