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specializing in a job task, workers perform bundles of tasks. Bundling occurs when tasks are complements. Using individual …-level data about job tasks, we analyze which tasks are complements. Such intrapersonal task complementarities limit the division … of labour as complementary tasks can only be unbundled at a cost (productivity loss). To illustrate this point, we apply …
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We examine workers' ability to work from home, as well as their propensity to actually work from home in developing countries. We use worker-level STEP data covering the task content of jobs to measure the ability to work from home. While the ability to WFH is low in developing countries, it...
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theoretical and an empirical point of view. Given that jobs can be broken down into tasks, namely units of work activities … differences in the intensity with which tasks are implemented. We then investigate whether the variety in task implementation …
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specializing in a job task, workers perform bundles of tasks. Bundling occurs when tasks are complements. Using individual …-level data about job tasks, we analyze which tasks are complements. Such intrapersonal task complementarities limit the division … of labour as complementary tasks can only be unbundled at a cost (productivity loss). To illustrate this point, we apply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784527
. 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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013041405
This chapter reviews the evidence on the relationship between telework and households' time allocation, drawing heavily … on the empirical evidence from time diary data, and discusses the implications of telework for workers' productivity …. Telework results in significant time savings for workers, as they reduce time on commuting and grooming activities by over one …
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This chapter reviews the evidence on the relationship between telework and households' time allocation, drawing heavily … on the empirical evidence from time diary data, and discusses the implications of telework for workers' productivity …, wages, labor force participation, and well-being. Telework results in significant time savings for workers, as they reduce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012697778
Remote work is rapidly increasing in the United States. Using data on full-time wage and salary workers from the 2017–2018 American Time Use Survey Leave and Job Flexibilities Module, this paper examines the characteristics of teleworkers, the effects of teleworking on wages, and differences...
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