All that Glitters Is not Gold. Effects of Working from Home on Income Inequality at the Time of COVID-19

Bonacini, Luca; Gallo, Giovanni; Scicchitano, Sergio

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3597996

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“…With respect to the literature, these results may shed light on the evidence provided in studies such as by Bonacini, Gallo, and Scicchitano (2020) who have shown that working from home (due to social distancing) increases income inequality among employees, potentially due to the heterogeneity across education levels. This is also consistent with the idea that lower-income people have to continue working outside during COVID-19, as they have experienced higher unemployment rates as shown in studies such as by Cho and Winters (2020).…”

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confidence: 62%

COVID‐19 and unequal social distancing across demographic groups

Yilmazkuday

2020

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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This paper analyses whether social distancing experienced by alternative demographic groups within the US has been different amid COVID-19. The formal investigation is achieved by using daily state-level mobility data from the US covering information on the demographic categories of income, education and race/ethnicity. The results show that social distancing has been experienced more by higherincome, higher-educated or Asian people after the declaration of National Emergency on 13 March 2020. Since alternative demographic groups were subject to alternative employment opportunities during this period (e.g., due to being able to work from home), it is implied that COVID-19 has redistributive effects that require demographic-group specific policies.

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Section: Education Groupsmentioning

confidence: 62%

COVID‐19 and unequal social distancing across demographic groups

Yilmazkuday

2020

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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“…With respect to the literature, these results may shed light on the evidence provided in studies such as by Bonacini, Gallo, and Scicchitano (2020) who have shown that working from home (due to social distancing) increases income inequality among employees, potentially due to the heterogeneity across education levels. This is also consistent with the idea that lowerincome people have to continue working outside during COVID-19, as they have experienced higher unemployment rates as shown in studies such as by Cho and Winters (2020).…”

Section: Education Groupsmentioning

confidence: 62%

COVID-19 and Unequal Social Distancing across Demographic Groups

Yilmazkuday

2020

SSRN Journal

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This paper analyzes whether social distancing experienced by alternative demographic groups within the U.S. has been di¤erent amid COVID-19. The formal investigation is achieved by using daily state-level mobility data from the U.S. covering information on the demographic categories of income, education and race/ethnicity.The results show that social distancing has been experienced more by higher-income, higher-educated or Asian people after the declaration of National Emergency on March 13th, 2020. Since alternative demographic groups were subject to alternative employment opportunities during this period (e.g., due to being able to work from home), it is implied that COVID-19 has redistributive e¤ects that require demographic-group speci…c policies.

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“…The COVID-19 emergency created concern in many people who were reporting anxiety, depression and stress, especially when they were already suffering from poor health [5,6]. Studies on work at the time of COVID-19 also show that confinement has led to an increase in inequalities between groups of employees, with some employees more satisfied and others more dissatisfied with their work [7] and, in the long term, might also lead to an increase in wage inequality among Italian employees [8]. On the other hand, remote working has also allowed employees to discover they could work from home [9].…”

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Social Isolation and Stress as Predictors of Productivity Perception and Remote Work Satisfaction during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Concern about the Virus in a Moderated Double Mediation

2020

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From mid-March to the end of May 2020, millions of Italians were forced to work from home because of the lockdown provisions imposed by the Italian government to contain the COVID-19 epidemic. As a result, many employees had to suddenly switch to remote work, experiencing both troubles and opportunities. Social isolation from colleagues and the workplace represents a typical aspect of remote work which increased significantly during the social confinement imposed by the government. This study investigates the correlates of social isolation in terms of stress, perceived remote work productivity and remote work satisfaction, proposing the sequential mediation of stress and perceived remote work productivity, and the moderating role of concern about the new coronavirus. An online survey was conducted, and the responses of 265 employees showed the deleterious role of social isolation in stress, which leads to decreased perceived remote work productivity that, in turn, is related to remote work satisfaction. Furthermore, the results suggest that concern about the virus moderates the relationships between social isolation and remote work satisfaction, from one side, and remote work perceived productivity and remote work satisfaction from the other. This latter result suggests that the indirect sequential effect of social isolation on remote work satisfaction is conditional on concern about the virus. Some conclusions are drawn to support managers and HR officers in the choices to better manage employees’ work during the health emergency.

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All that Glitters Is not Gold. Effects of Working from Home on Income Inequality at the Time of COVID-19

Abstract: All that glitters is not gold. Effects of working from home on income inequality at the time of COVID-19 GLO Discussion Paper, No. 541

Cited by 12 publications

References 38 publications

COVID‐19 and unequal social distancing across demographic groups

COVID‐19 and unequal social distancing across demographic groups

COVID-19 and Unequal Social Distancing across Demographic Groups

Social Isolation and Stress as Predictors of Productivity Perception and Remote Work Satisfaction during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Concern about the Virus in a Moderated Double Mediation

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