Why Working From Home Will Stick
In: University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-174
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In: University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-174
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 16855
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In: Journal of Business Economics 93
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In: International journal of manpower, Band 45, Heft 5, S. 908-925
ISSN: 1758-6577
PurposeThe authors analyzed the evolution of working from home (WFH) within industries in 12 European countries in the period 2008–2017 and studied its relationship with information and communication technologies (ICT).Design/methodology/approachThe authors used data from the European Union Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) to document the trends and levels of WFH within industries in 12 European countries. The authors further used the EU-KLEMS database and a difference-in-difference approach to study whether the fall in prices of ICT is associated with a higher share of employees who work from home in industries that depend more on ICT relative to industries that depend less.FindingsThe authors show that WFH has increased almost everywhere and that there is significant heterogeneity across industries. The authors provide evidence that the fall in prices of ICT is associated with a higher share of employees who work from home in industries that depend more on ICT relative to industries that depend less. This result also holds within age, gender and occupation groups. While the authors find no significant differences among gender and occupation groups, the positive association between the fall in ICT prices and WFH increases with age.Originality/valueThis paper has two main contributions: First, it reports that WFH has increased in European countries in the period 2008–2017. Second, it provides new explorations about the relationship between ICT and WFH by using the price variation of ICT.
In: Journal of population economics: international research on the economics of population, household, and human resources, Band 37, Heft 3
ISSN: 1432-1475
AbstractWork from home (WFH) arrangements may provide an opportunity to reduce gender gaps in labor market outcomes by reducing the gender differences in the willingness to commute. Using a stated-preference experiment among German employees, we estimate workers' valuation of working from home and its impact on willingness-to-pay to avoid commuting by gender after the end of the COVID pandemic. We show that workers are willing to give up 7.7% of their earnings for full WFH and 5.4% for 2-day WFH on average. The willingness-to-pay for WFH steeply increases with commuting distance, in line with WFH reducing the need for long commutes for many workers. Importantly, we find that WFH reduces, but does not close, the gender gap in willingness-to-pay to avoid commuting. This result is unaffected by accounting for underage children in the household. This suggests that hopes of technology closing the gender wage gap are premature.
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In: University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2023-03
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In: IMF Working Paper No. 2023/112
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In: Auspicia: recenzovaný časopis pro otázky společenských věd : reviewed scholarly journal dealing with social sciences, Band XVIII, Heft 2, S. 62-77
ISSN: 2464-7217
The study deals with the issue of employment in the form of home-office (working from home) and its impact on the lives of employees. The objective of this study was to assess diverse experience with working from home, to analyse employee satisfaction and effectiveness before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. The results show that the biggest problem related to working from home is inappropriate working space and equipment or lack of personal contact, which most affects the effectiveness of work.
In: University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2022-124
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