An alternate to survey methods to measure work from home
Mohit Sharma (),
Sargam Gupta () and
Xavier Estupinan ()
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Mohit Sharma: Collaborative Research and Dissemination
Sargam Gupta: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Xavier Estupinan: International Labour Organization
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India
Abstract:
During unprecedented times like COVID-19, when social distancing is a new normal,knowing the jobs that can be performed from homeis useful for policymakers and researchers. A most common way to estimate jobs that can be performed from home is by carrying out surveys, but this method is time and cost-intensive. Moreover, using US-based O*NET surveys to estimate work from home (WFH) index in a home country, other than the US, can potentially lead to large measurement errors. In this paper,we proposearatingbasedmethodology to estimatethe WFH index. Theratings are provided foroccupation-wise work activitiesaccording to their likelihood of getting performed from home by experts. This method is time and cost-effective and can easily be replicated in any country accounting forindigenous reality. Using tools like Inter-Rater Reliability (IRR), which is extensively used in psychology literature, we attempt to create a robust index of WFH for India.
Keywords: Covid-19 pandemic; Work from home; Inter-rater reliability; Agreement coefficients; Ratings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 J2 J6 J8 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2020-09
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