Table 2.

Tele-workability and Ex-post Measures of GDP and Employment Changes

	GDP (2019Q2-2020Q2 % change)	Employment (2019Q2-2020Q2 % change)	Work Hours (2019Q2-2020Q2 % change)
a. Univariate
Tele-workability	0.6	0.4***	0.2***
	(0.4)	(0.1)	(0.0)
Constant	− 0.3***	− 0.2***	− 0.1***
	(0.1)	(0.0)	(0.0)
b. Multivariate
Tele-workability	0.1	0.2**	0.04*
	(0.6)	(0.1)	(0.002)
log(GDP per capita) in 2019	0.05	0.1***	0.1***
	(0.0)	(0.0)	(0.0)
Share of service occupations	0.001	0.04	0.1***
	(0.0)	(0.0)	(0.0)
Share of high-skilled workers	0.001	0.001*	0.0002
	(0.0)	0.0	(0.0)
Economic support index	− 0.001	0.0002	0.0003
	(0.0)	(0.0)	(0.0)
Constant	− 0.7*	− 1.7***	− 1.6***
	(0.4)	(0.2)	(0.2)
N	35	549	525

Source: PIAAC survey; Dingel and Neiman (2020); IMF World Economic Outlook; ILO Labor Force Statistics; Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker

Note: Robust standard errors are in parentheses. *** denotes significance at the 99% level, ** at the 95% level, and * at the 90% level