Impact of COVID-19 on the number of days working from home and commuting travel: A cross-cultural comparison between Australia, South America and South Africa

Revealed and future travel impacts of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: Results of big data analysis and a Delphi panel survey

“…• travel behaviour in the form of trip substitution because of working from home (e.g., Balbontin et al 2021) and mode use switching due to movement restrictions and changes in service supply (e.g., Barbieri et al 2020Barbieri et al , 2021 Schröder et al 2021).…”

“…Perhaps the most tangible impact on daily household activity schedules was the requirement to stay at home. In a (n = 1056) consumer panel survey, undertaken as part of an international comparative study (Balbontin et al 2021), Venter, Van Zyl and Cheure (2021) found that in November of 2020, 40% of employees were working 5 days a week from home. However, as confirmed by the Delphi panellists (see Figure 3 (2021) found that employment of adult South African women declined by 10 percentage points between February and April 2020 (from 46% to 36%), whereas adult male employment dropped by 5 percentage points (from 59% to 54%).…”

“…in the form of quantitative surveys (e.g.,Adeke, Zava & Etika 2021;Balbontin et al 2021) or qualitative interviews (e.g.,Jennings & Arogundade 2021;Porter et al 2021). Some papers focused on policy implications (e.g.,Jobanputra & Jennings 2021;Odendaal 2021) rather than the measurement of impacts.…”

Desire to work from home: Results of an Irish study

“…However, on the contrary, older employers in Belgium were found to be more satisfied with WfH than other age groups and appreciated its benefits to a greater extent ( Moens et al, 2021 ). Older employees in South American countries tend to WfH more frequently ( Balbontin et al, 2021 ). There is also evidence that younger people display a greater desire to perform their work activities at the workplace rather than at home.…”

The emerging spectrum of flexible work locations: implications for travel demand and carbon emissions

“…Many recent studies have used survey instruments to estimate the impact of remote work on travel demand and congestion, as commuting trips are a significant portion of overall travel [2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12]. In most cases however, the studies consider just two possible working locations, home and a fixed workplace, and use the term "work from home" in their surveys and analysis rather than the broader terms "remote work" or "flexible work".…”