Nonrelocatable Occupations at Increased Risk During Pandemics: United States, 2018.
Objectives. To characterize which occupations in the United States could likely work from home during a pandemic such as COVID-19. Methods. I merged 2018 US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) national employment and wage data with measures ranking the importance of computer use at work and the importa...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 110; no. 8; pp. 1126 - 1133 |
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