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From OccupyWallSt to OccupyZoomConf?
From OccupyWallSt to OccupyZoomConf? The coronavirus may deepen social inequalities as less educated workers face a choice between layoffs or working in close proximity to others while the well-educated and well-paid can work from the comforts of home. With Big Tech and the digital haves already under scrutiny, the crisis could be a tipping point for backlash from the 99% #postCovid19.
Traditional vs. new measures of occupational risks
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The chart shows industries plotted by workers’ average educational attainment and the average required physical proximity to other people. The physical-proximity index (O*net) is an estimate of how much workers are required to perform tasks in physical proximity to other people. Scale is based on 0 (isolated by 100+ ft) to 100 (near touching). A score of 50 equates to shared office space; 75 equates to working at arm’s length.
Source: O*Net (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), Employment Projections Program (U.S. BLS), Occupational Employment Statistics Survey (U.S. BLS), MSCI ESG Research. Employment by occupation and business activity based on U.S. BLS data from May 2018. Calculation of proximity index and educational attainment by GICS sub-industry is based on the average values calculated for constituents of the MSCI ACWI Index as of April 17, 2020.