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Firm behavior during an epidemic
Brotherhood, Luiz Mário; Jerbashian, Vahagn - 2020
We derive a model in which firms operate in an epidemic environment and internalize infections among their employees in … the workplace. The model is calibrated to fit the properties of the Covid-19 epidemic. We show that firms have incentives … to fight against infections and can do so very effectively by increasing teleworking and rotating employees between on …
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Working from home, wages, and regional inequality in the light of COVID-19
Irlacher, Michael; Koch, Michael - 2020
We use the most recent wave of the German Qualifications and Career Survey and reveal a substantial wage premium in a Mincer regression for workers performing their job from home. The premium persists within narrowly defined jobs and after controlling for workplace activities and accounts to...
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The future of work and consumption in cities after the pandemic : evidence from Germany
Alipour, Jean-Victor; Falck, Oliver; Krause, Simon; … - 2022
We estimate the impact of Covid-induced working from home (WFH) on offline consumer spending in urban agglomerations. Our analysis draws on postcode-level data on card transactions and WFH patterns in major German cities between January 2019 and May 2022. We address endogeneity in WFH uptake by...
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Working from home in European countries before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Jerbashian, Vahagn; Vilalta-Bufí, Montserrat - 2022
We use data from the EU Labour Force Survey for 8 countries and document the levels of working from home in the sample countries, industries, and occupations in the 2011-2019 period and its changes in 2020, the year when the COVID-19 pandemic started. We show that there are significant...
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Germany's capacities to work from home
Alipour, Jean-Victor; Falck, Oliver; Schüller, Simone - 2020
Due to the COVID-19 crisis and the related "social distancing" measures, working from home (WfH) has suddenly become a crucial lever of economic activity. This paper combines survey and administrative data to compute measures for the feasibility of working from home among German employees....
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Working from home : too much of a good thing?
Behrens, Kristian; Kichko, Sergey; Thisse, Jacques-François - 2021
space since additional room is re-quired to work from home. We find that more WFH is a mixed blessing: the relationship …
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Covid-19, working from home and the potential reverse brain drain
Bakalova, Irina; Berlinshi, Ruxanda; Fidrmuc, Jan; … - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a substantial increase in the prevalence of working from home among white-collar occupations. This can have important implications for the future of the workplace and quality of life. We discuss an additional implication, which we label reverse brain drain: the...
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The effects of COVID-19 on U.S. small businesses: evidence from owners, managers, and employees
Alekseev, Georgij; Amer, Safaa; Gopal, Manasa; Kuchler, … - 2020
We analyze a large-scale survey of owners, managers, and employees of small businesses in the United States to understand the effects of the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic on those businesses. The survey was fielded in late April 2020 among Facebook business page administrators, frequent...
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Time savings when working from home
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Barrero, Jose Maria; Bloom, Nicholas; … - 2023
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...
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Working from home around the world
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Barrero, Jose Maria; Bloom, Nicholas; … - 2022
The pandemic triggered a large, lasting shift to work from home (WFH). To study this shift, we survey full-time workers who finished primary school in 27 countries as of mid 2021 and early 2022. Our cross-country comparisons control for age, gender, education, and industry and treat the U.S....
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