Time savings when working from home
Aksoy, Cevat G. ; Barrero, Jose Maria ; Bloom, Nicholas ; Davis, Steven J. ; Dolls, Mathias ; Zarate, Pablo
Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn
IZA - Bonn
2023
13 p.
telework ; arrangement of working time ; epidemic disease
Discussion Paper
15870
Working time and leave
https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/15870/time-savings-when-working-from-home
English
Bibliogr.
"We quantify the commute time savings associated with work from home, drawing on data for 27 countries. The average daily time savings when working from home is 72 minutes in our sample. We estimate that work from home saved about two hours per week per worker in 2021 and 2022, and that it will save about one hour per week per worker after the pandemic ends. Workers allocate 40 percent of their time savings to their jobs and about 11 percent to caregiving activities. People living with children allocate more of their time savings to caregiving."
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