How many jobs can be done at home?

Dingel, Jonathan I.; Neiman, Brent

doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104235

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“…The data are then filtered, removing inactive businesses and businesses with sales larger than the Small Business Association's size threshold that define which firms are small businesses. 11 Womply then creates a daily time series, aggregated to the county-sector level. For example, Womply's data describes aggregate consumer spending at restaurants in New York County during each day in March.…”

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Do stay-at-home orders cause people to stay at home? Effects of stay-at-home orders on consumer behavior

Alexander

Karger

2020

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We link the county-level rollout of stay-at-home orders to anonymized cell phone records and consumer spending data. We document three patterns. First, stay-at-home orders caused people to stay home: Countylevel measures of mobility declined 8% by the day after the stay-at-home order went into effect. Second, stay-at-home orders caused large reductions in spending in sectors associated with mobility: small businesses and large retail stores. However, consumers sharply increased spending on food delivery services after orders went into effect. Third, responses to stay-at-home orders were fairly uniform across the country, and do not vary by income, political leanings, or urban/rural status.

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Do stay-at-home orders cause people to stay at home? Effects of stay-at-home orders on consumer behavior

Alexander

Karger

2020

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“…In addition, we also add in industry sector controls in our modeling. Dingel and Neiman (2020) demonstrated industry sector variations in WFH feasibility in the pandemic. Bartik, et al (2020b) also noted industries that are better suited to remote work seem to experience less productivity loss when switching to remote work.…”

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“…(1) through (4) using daily data presented in Table 3 (Mas & Pallais 2017) and better control of their schedules, but also better health with limited exposure to virus or bacteria; on the other hand, workers without digital skills or digital access often conduct relatively low-paid jobs, remain a life demanded by their bosses' schedules, and more importantly, always at the front line to be exposed to any transmutable disease, virus, germs. Dingel & Neiman (2020)'s contribution on teleworkable jobs offered the timely and critical contribution in the pandemic. When WFH really becomes the new norm, we hope certain innovation can penetrate WFH better to currently non-teleworkable jobs eventually.…”

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“…One disruption that the COVID crisis brought to our economy is working from home (WFH). Dingel & Neiman (2020) found that 37% of jobs in the United States can be performed entirely at home, with variation across cities and industries. Bartik, et al (2020b) report that 45% of firms having at least some workers switch to teleworking during the pandemic and over 1/3 of those firms believe that WFH will remain more common at their companies after the COVID-19 crisis ends.…”

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Small Business and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Work from Home

Zhang¹,

Gerlowski²,

Ács³

2020

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While work from home (WFH) becomes the new norm in the COVID-19 pandemic and while small businesses could be more vulnerable in crisis, whether the WFH norm will fade after the stay-at-home mandate ended and whether WFH could be a Schumpeterian “creative” force that helps small businesses do well in the pandemic is unknown. The study first builds a theoretical framework based on marginal revenue product cost utility theory subject to a “contagion” agglomeration parameter and argues that WFH is a rational choice for businesses. Then, we compiled from multiple data sources an up-to-date real-time daily and weekly multifaceted data set tracking WFH propensity from March 20 through July 28. Our empirical analysis estimated a variety of fixed-effects panel data models, population-averaged generalized linear panel-data models with the generalized estimating equation (GEE) approach, and two-level mixed-effects panel-data models. After controlling for the local pandemic, economic, and demographic factors, we find (1) after the stay-at-home order ended, WFH rate got higher; (2) small businesses in states with higher WFH rate are more likely to have higher increases in operating revenue, better cash flow and lower chances of temporary closure. Our robust empirics confirm our theories and hypotheses and demonstrate WFH as a potential force that expedited the “creative destruction” into a new efficient work paradigm.

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“…Before the crisis provoked by the COVID-19/novel coronavirus pandemic, working from home was largely an exception in traditional employment, or viewed by employers as only a limited accommodation for otherwise-qualified employees with disabilities [ 1 ]. But working from home is now a “new normal” [ 1 , 52 , 53 ]. Still, recent studies show that, during the pandemic, remote work is more prevalent in industries involving more highly educated and paid workers [ 37 ].…”

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Gig Workers with Disabilities: Opportunities, Challenges, and Regulatory Response

Harpur

Blanck

2020

J Occup Rehabil

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Purpose This article examines gig work—typified by technologically-based, on-demand, independent contractor arrangements—for people with disabilities. Methods To do so, it draws upon prior and current research to describe the nature of gig work for people with disabilities, as well as the challenges and new prospects that such work presents. It also discusses recent regulatory reforms and proposes improvements, particularly in light of the current pandemic. Results Participation in the traditional employment market for people with disabilities who can and wish to work remains limited, even when workplace accommodations and individualized adjustments are possible. Increasingly, though, self-directed or independently contracted work is a way for people with disabilities to participate in the mainstream economy. The “gig economy,” in particular, has provided additional opportunities for self-directed work, although the novel coronavirus pandemic has required existing approaches to be reconceived. Conclusions The gig economy provides new prospects, as well as challenges, for people with disabilities to engage in meaningful work. It also requires innovative regulatory responses to the gig work relationship, especially during the pandemic era.

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How many jobs can be done at home?

Cited by 1,343 publications

References 12 publications

Do stay-at-home orders cause people to stay at home? Effects of stay-at-home orders on consumer behavior

Do stay-at-home orders cause people to stay at home? Effects of stay-at-home orders on consumer behavior

Small Business and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Work from Home

Gig Workers with Disabilities: Opportunities, Challenges, and Regulatory Response

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