The Impact of COVID-19 on Workers' Expectations and Preferences for Remote Work

Yuting Chen, Patricia Cortes, Gizem Kosar, Jessica Pan and Basit Zafar

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, vol. 113, 556-61

Abstract: We study how COVID-19 affected the prevalence, expectations, and attitudes toward remote work using specially designed surveys. The incidence of remote work remains higher than prepandemic levels, and both men and women expect this to persist postpandemic. Workers also report increased preference for remote work as a result of the pandemic. These changes are strongly correlated with individuals' exposure to the pandemic-induced work-from-home shock, indicating that experience with remote work during the pandemic likely shaped expectations and preferences toward WFH. The magnitude of the effects on preferences and expectations are similar across gender, marital status, and presence of children.

JEL-codes: D84 I12 J16 J22 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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