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Using large, geographically representative surveys from the US and UK, we document variation in the percentage of tasks workers can do from home. We highlight three dimensions of heterogeneity that have previously been neglected. First, the share of tasks that can be done from home varies...
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This study leverages detailed administrative data on firms' job flows and variation across Local Labor Markets (LLMs) in the spread of COVID-19 to investigate shifts in labor demand prompted by the pandemic. To this end, we exploit the large spatial variation in the intensity of the pandemic...
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, it is a guessing game as to how they are experiencing this current surge in telework. Therefore, we examined employee … perceptions of telework on various life and career aspects, distinguishing between typical and extended telework during the COVID … exceptional time of sudden, obligatory and high-intensity telework, our respondents mainly attribute positive characteristics to …
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. Both measures are highly correlated with telework references in job ads and yield comparable estimates for the differential …
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In 2020, parents' work-from-home days increased fourfold following the initial COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period compared to 2015–2019. At the same time, many daycares closed, and the majority of public schools offered virtual or hybrid classrooms, increasing the demand for household-provided...
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Telework has benefits for many people with disabilities. The pandemic may create new employment opportunities for … people with disabilities by increasing employer acceptance of telework, but this crucially depends on the occupational … structure. We compare people with and without disabilities in the expansion of telework as the pandemic began, and the evolution …
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This paper examines the impact of the growth in the incidence of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic on workers' job satisfaction. Using longitudinal data collected in 2019 and 2021 as part of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, fixed-effects models...
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I study a model where Information Technology, while typically increasing overall inequality, is likely to harm some people at intermediate and high levels of the distribution of income but to benefit people at the bottom. Within a given occupation it may harm some workers while benefitting...
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This paper shows that top management structures in large US firms radically changed since the mid-1980s. While the number of managers reporting directly to the CEO doubled, the growth was driven primarily by functional managers rather than general managers. Using panel data on senior management...
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particular, we investigate how the digitalization level of the self-employed influences the program's effectiveness. Employing …-employed in advanced digitalization stages, who started the digitalization processes already before the crisis. Moreover, taking a … support programs, the digitalization levels of entrepreneurs, and the regional digital infrastructure. The study helps public …
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