Work from Home and Time Allocation: Evidence from Time-use Data in Japan

Toshihiro Okubo

Journal of Labor Research, 2024, vol. 45, issue 4, No 5, 598-630

Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates the impact of work from home (WFH) on time use for work, housework, leisure, and sleep in daily life. We use time-use survey data for Japan. We find that WFH tends to reduce working hours. By WFH, females spend more time on housework, while males tend to devote more time to leisure. However, WFH involves heterogeneous impacts on time reallocation among different groups. There are less conspicuous differences in time allocation by single males and females work.

Keywords: Work from Home (WFH); Time-use; Working hours; Housework hours; J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/s12122-024-09367-8

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