Teletrabajo y desplazamientos: Modelización teórica y evidencia empírica para Estados Unidos

Telework and commuting: Theoretical modeling and empirical evidence for the United States

Alba Salvatierra Casamayor

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Abstract: This paper examines the household decision to work from home (WFH) using the collective labor supply framework, which accounts for intrahousehold bargaining in time allocation across market work, domestic tasks, and telework. The model incorporates the joint budget constraint, domestic production, and relative bargaining power, allowing decisions to be understood as interdependent between spouses. Based on this framework, a system of simultaneous equations is derived and estimated through different econometric strategies (OLS, fixed effects, SUR, and SUR-IV). Results reveal a negative income effect on labor supply, significant cross-spousal interactions, and clear gender asymmetries: women’s domestic time substantially reduces their labor supply, while men’s impact remains marginal. The findings suggest that telework may enhance work–life balance but also risks reinforcing inequalities if not accompanied by redistributive and responsibility-sharing policies.

Keywords: Telework; collective model; intrahousehold bargaining; labor supply; gender. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C3 D13 J2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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