Work from Home after the COVID-19 Outbreak

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Report
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Work from Home after the COVID-19 Outbreak
Abstract
Based on rich novel survey data, we document that 35.2 percent of the US workforce worked entirely from home in May 2020, up from 8.2 percent in February. Highly educated, high-income and white workers were more likely to shift to working from home and maintain employment following the pandemic. Individuals working from home daily before the pandemic lost employment at similar rates as daily commuters. This suggests that, apart from the potential for home-based work, demand conditions also mattered for job losses. We find that 71.7 percent of workers that could work from home effectively did so in May.
Report Number
ID 3650114
Report Type
SSRN Scholarly Paper
Place
Rochester, NY
Institution
Social Science Research Network
Date
2020/07/01
Language
en
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12/08/2020, 16:57
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Citation
Bick, A., Blandin, A., & Mertens, K. (2020). Work from Home after the COVID-19 Outbreak (SSRN Scholarly Paper ID 3650114). Social Science Research Network. https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3650114
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