Working from home leads to more family-oriented men

Chihiro Inoue (), Yusuke Ishihata and Shintaro Yamaguchi
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Chihiro Inoue: The University of Tokyo
Yusuke Ishihata: Duke University
Shintaro Yamaguchi: The University of Tokyo

Review of Economics of the Household, 2024, vol. 22, issue 2, No 12, 783-829

Abstract: Abstract We examine how working from home (WFH) affects men’s participation in childcare and housework and their attitudes toward family. Because WFH is an endogenous decision, we apply a first-difference instrumental variable estimator, taking the degree to which one can work from home, measured at the individual level, as the instrument. We find that WFH increases the time that men spend on household chores and with family, and the fraction of men who consider life more important than work. Although WFH decreases their commuting time, we find no evidence that it reduces working hours or self-perceived productivity.

Keywords: Working from home; Gender; Family; Time use; Housework; Childcare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J16 J22 J81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/s11150-023-09682-6

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