Worker productivity during Covid-19 and adaptation to working from home
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Burdett, A., Tang, L., Etheridge, B. and Wang, Y. 2024. Worker productivity during Covid-19 and adaptation to working from home. European Economic Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104788
Type | Article |
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Title | Worker productivity during Covid-19 and adaptation to working from home |
Authors | Burdett, A., Tang, L., Etheridge, B. and Wang, Y. |
Abstract | We examine workers' reported productivity, which we validate against external metrics, over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. On average, workers report being at least as productive as before the pandemic’s onset. However, this average masks substantial heterogeneity, which is linked to job quality, gender, the presence of children, and ease of working from home. As the pandemic progressed, those who previously performed well at home were more likely to remain there. Building on these findings, we estimate factors affecting productivity outcomes across locations controlling for endogenous selection. We find that those in `good’ jobs (with managerial duties and working for large firms) were advantaged specifically in the home environment. More generally we find an effect of key personality traits – agreeableness and conscientiousness – on productivity outcomes across locations. |
Keywords | Worker Productivity; Working From Home; COVID-19; Inequality; Gender |
Sustainable Development Goals | 8 Decent work and economic growth |
Middlesex University Theme | Health & Wellbeing |
Research Group | Centre for Enterprise, Environment and Development Research (CEEDR) |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Journal | European Economic Review |
ISSN | 0014-2921 |
Electronic | 1873-572X |
Publication dates | |
Online | 10 Jun 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Submitted | 02 Aug 2023 |
Accepted | 08 Jun 2024 |
Deposited | 06 Jun 2024 |
Output status | Accepted |
Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open |
Copyright Statement | © 2024. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104788 |
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