Based on survey responses from more than 1,700 managers in Germany, this study elicits employers’ perceptions of working from home during COVID-19 and their long-term expectations for the time after the pandemic. Based on employers’ forecasts of the share of employees working from home...

The recent shift towards working from home (WFH) has far-reaching implications for social and economic outcomes. While firms are gatekeepers for the ongoing diffusion of flexible work arrangements, there is little evidence on how firms decide to offer WFH. We leverage two survey experiments...

Using a survey with 57 German firms, we evaluate the level of digitalization of the human resource management (HRM) function and document perceived benefits and barriers of technology adoption from organizational and individual users’ perspectives. The results give reason for optimism. Most of...

Leere Bahnhöfe, verwaiste Straßen: Der Verkehrssektor gehörte zweifellos zu den markantesten Ausprägungen der COVID-19-Pandemie. Nachdem der gesellschaftliche Krisenzustand seit Frühjahr 2023 offiziell als überwunden gilt, untersucht die vorliegende Studie, wie drei Jahre Pandemie das...