Telework and Time Use

Remote Work, Wages, and Hours Worked in the United States

“…3 A couple of randomized-control trials show casual evidence of worker productivity gains from remote/hybrid work arrangements (Bloom et al 2015;Bloom et al 2023;Choudhury et al 2022). Workers may be more productive at home if, for example, they are less tired from eliminating a long and stressful commute or sleeping later in the morning, they can better manage their work and life responsibilities, they can work without interruptions in a quiet space, whereas they may be less productive if they need to work closely with teams, the nature of their work involves customer contact, they suffer from the social isolation of working from home, or they miss out on on-the-job training Pabilonia and Vernon 2023a). Lewandowski et al (2022) find that 25-36 percent of employers who believe their workers are more productive value remote work similarly to workers' willingness to pay for a remote work option.…”

The Effect of Telework on Employee’s Work-Life Balance In Japan During The Covid-19 Pandemic

“…According to Huuhtanen (1997) (Munkasa, 2020), telework is an occupation that someone does (employees, freelance, home worker), especially or just at a particular time, at a location that is far from the office, use telecommunications media as a work tool. Some kinds of terms in the literature on telework, among others, are telecommuting, working from home, and remote work (Pabilonia & Vernon, 2021). Telework was first used in the report at the University of Southern California by Niles in 1974 with telecommuting, which refers to a project to reduce traffic density during rush hours (Mungkasa, 2020).…”