Sick of Working from Home

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9712802
AutoresDominique Goux (Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE) & Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique (CREST)), Éric Maurin (0000-0002-8721-3943, Paris School of Economics (PSE), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), France & Institute of Labor Economics (IZA))
Año2025
Volumen135
Número672
Páginas2549-2566
Fecha de publicación2025-10-21
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/ej/ueaf025
OpenAlexW4409151084
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas59

We explore the consequences of the development of home working for wages, hours worked and employee health in the post-COVID era. We base our research strategy on a French law passed in 2017 to encourage telework agreements between employers and employees. In the months following the law, many establishments signed telework agreements, and we show that this subsequently led to a much greater development of home working in these establishments after the epidemic shock in 2020. This increase was particularly significant in mid-level occupations, and was followed by a deterioration in the health of the employees concerned, particularly men

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