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IT Shields: Technology Adoption and Economic Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • October 13, 2020

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  • 09:55

Information Technology partially shields the US economy from the pandemic: areas with more IT see smaller unemployment raise. Everyone benefits from IT, regardless of gender and race, except those with very low educational attainment.

  • Nicola Pierri, Research Department IMF
  • Yannick Timmer, Western Hemisphere Department IMF