Impacts of globalisation on the adoption of remote work

Evidence from a survey in Japan during the Covid ‐19 pandemic

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ID21543365
AuthorsEiichi Tomiura (0000-0002-7409-6741, Faculty of Economics Hitotsubashi University Kunitachi Japan, corresponding author), Banri Ito (0000-0003-3912-9947, RIETI Chiyoda‐ku Japan)
Year2024
Volume47
Issue3
Pages957-982
Publication date2024-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0378-5920 • E-ISSN: 1467-9701
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/twec.13474
OpenAlexW4385419767
LanguageEN
References cited24

Globalised firms manage face‐to‐face contacts for distant communications. Based on our survey on the responses of Japanese firms to the COVID‐19 pandemic, we find that firms that exported, imported, or directly invested abroad more before the pandemic tend to adopt remote work significantly more frequently during the pandemic. We confirm this relationship even after controlling for compositions of occupations, and various firm attributes. The effect of arm's‐length trade, not intra‐firm trade, is especially evident. These suggest that pre‐pandemic experiences in coordinating across borders are likely to facilitate the adoption of remote work during the pandemic

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Business · Demographic economics · Economics · Globalization · Market economy · Pandemic · Sociology · Engineering · Medicine · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Virology

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