How the pandemic accelerated digital transformation in advanced economies
Digitalization has proved to be a silver lining of the pandemic for many advanced economies, but gaps persist across countries and sectors, say researchers.
Carlo Pizzinelli is an economist in the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF. His research interests are labor economics, macroeconomics, and household finance with a focus on advanced economies. Before joining the IMF, he obtained a PhD in Economics at the University of Oxford.
Digitalization has proved to be a silver lining of the pandemic for many advanced economies, but gaps persist across countries and sectors, say researchers.
New IMF staff research uses granular data on employment and vacancies in the US and the UK to assess four commonly held explanation, including employment mismatches.
Latin America and the Caribbean's economic contraction was the largest in 2020, with the region's recovery based largely upon access to a COVID-19 vaccine.
自动化和全球一体化使许多传统“常规”工作消失了。以英国为例,这些趋势因性别和教育水平而异。包括重视技能在内的政策解决方案,将是克服这些趋势的消极后果的关键。
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