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Is anybody home? remote working opportunities and employment during the covid-19 crisis

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  • Elizabeth Knowlton

    (Ohio Wesleyan University)

  • Goran Skosples

    (Ohio Wesleyan University)

  • Robert J. Gitter

    (Ohio Wesleyan University)

Abstract

The article examines how the ability to work from home has impacted the level of employment across Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. We use the share of jobs that can be performed at home and the ability of workers to work from home as measured by internet availability to show that both had a statistically significant impact on the level of employment. We control for the effect of the CARES Act and find that larger unemployment benefits reduced employment. Our estimations also indicate that as the share of essential workers decreased and the lagged number of COVID-19 cases increased, levels of employment increased. Restrictions in the form of stay-at-home orders, however, reduced employment.

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  • Elizabeth Knowlton & Goran Skosples & Robert J. Gitter, 2022. "Is anybody home? remote working opportunities and employment during the covid-19 crisis," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 42(2), pages 350-359.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-21-00632
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; employment; work from home; CARES Act;
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    JEL classification:

    • J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics

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