Jonathan Dingel and Brent Neiman
Evaluating the economic impact of “social distancing” measures taken to arrest the spread of COVID-19 raises a number of fundamental questions about the modern economy: How many jobs can be performed at home? What share of total wages are paid to such jobs? How does the scope for working from home vary across cities or industries? To answer these questions, the research classifies the feasibility of working at home for all occupations and merges this classification with occupational employment counts for the United States.
