Valuing Human Infrastructure: Protecting and Investing in Essential Workers during the COVID-19 Era

IF 1 Q3 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2020-11-11 DOI:10.1177/1087724x20969181

Joseph Kane, Adie Tomer

引用次数: 11

Abstract

The United States requires an enormous class of workers to keep essential services online. The Department of Homeland Security uses a sweeping definition of such essential industries from grocery stores to hospitals to warehouses, which collectively employed 90 million workers prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. A portion of these essential workers—or “frontline” workers—must physically show up to their jobs and have been especially vulnerable to additional health and economic risks, including many employed in infrastructure-related activities. This analysis—based on Brookings Institution posts written in March and June 2020—defines the country’s essential workforce and explores their economic and demographic characteristics in greater depth, revealing a need for continued protections and investments as part of the COVID-19 recovery.

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重视人力基础设施：新冠肺炎时代保护和投资基本工人

美国需要庞大的工人阶层来保持基本服务的在线。国土安全部对从杂货店到医院再到仓库等重要行业使用了全面的定义，在新冠肺炎爆发前，这些行业共雇佣了9000万工人。这些重要工人中的一部分——或“一线”工人——必须亲自到场，特别容易受到额外的健康和经济风险的影响，包括许多受雇于基础设施相关活动的工人。这项基于布鲁金斯学会2020年3月和6月撰写的文章的分析定义了该国的基本劳动力，并更深入地探讨了他们的经济和人口特征，揭示了作为新冠肺炎复苏的一部分，继续保护和投资的必要性。

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Public Works Management & Policy PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

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2.00

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7.10%

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期刊介绍： PUBLIC WORKS MANAGEMENT & POLICY: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT is a peer-reviewed journal for academics and practitioners in public works and the public and private infrastructure industries. This journal addresses the planning, financing, development, and operations of civil infrastructure systems at all levels of society— from federal policy to the demand for, and delivery of, state and local public works services. PWMP solicits manuscripts that convey research results, evaluate management innovations, suggest methods of analysis and evaluation, and examine policy issues.