Mismatch in Preferences for Working from Home

Evidence from Discrete Choice Experiments with Workers and Employers

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ID5010306
AutoresPiotr Lewandowski (0000-0003-2506-5639, autor correspondente), Katarzyna Lipowska (0000-0003-0702-1560), Mateusz Smoter (0000-0001-5299-7111, Piotr Lewandowski is an Economist and President of the Board at the Institute for Structural Research (IBS). Katarzyna Lipowska is a Researcher at the Institute for Structural Research (IBS). Mateusz Smoter is a Researcher at the Institute for Structural Research (IBS))
Ano2025
Volume79
Fascículo1
Páginas142-172
Data de publicação2025-08-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00197939251355928
OpenAlexW4412883040
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas39

The authors study workers' and employers' preferences for remote work, distinguishing between hybrid and fully remote arrangements. Using discrete choice experiments with more than 10,000 workers and 1,500 employers in Poland, they find a shared preference for hybrid over fully remote work. However, workers' estimated benefits from remote work fall significantly short of employers' estimated costs, with average gaps equivalent to 5.2% of earnings for hybrid work and 24.6% for fully remote work. Only 25-35% of employers-those with positive views on remote work productivity and high-quality talent management-value remote work costs in line with workers' valuations of benefits, particularly in non-routine cognitive occupations

Business · Demographic economics · Discrete choice · Econometrics · Economics · Labour economics · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality