Burdett, Ashley and Etheridge, Ben and Tang, Li and Wang, Yikai (2024) Worker productivity during Covid-19 and adaptation to working from home. European Economic Review, 167. p. 104788. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104788
Burdett, Ashley and Etheridge, Ben and Tang, Li and Wang, Yikai (2024) Worker productivity during Covid-19 and adaptation to working from home. European Economic Review, 167. p. 104788. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104788
Burdett, Ashley and Etheridge, Ben and Tang, Li and Wang, Yikai (2024) Worker productivity during Covid-19 and adaptation to working from home. European Economic Review, 167. p. 104788. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104788
Abstract
We examine workers’ reported productivity, which we validate against external metrics, over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. On average, workers report being at least as productive as before the pandemic’s onset. However, this average masks substantial heterogeneity, which is linked to job quality, gender, the presence of children, and ease of working from home. As the pandemic progressed, those who previously performed well at home were more likely to remain there. Building on these findings, we estimate factors affecting productivity outcomes across locations controlling for endogenous selection. We find that those in ‘good’ jobs (with managerial duties and working for large firms) were advantaged specifically in the home environment. More generally we find an effect of key personality traits – agreeableness and conscientiousness – on productivity outcomes across locations.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Source info: EEREV-D-23-00782 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Worker productivity; Working from home; COVID-19; Inequality; Gender |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jun 2024 12:45 |
Last Modified: | 27 Jun 2024 12:45 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/38642 |
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