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Sick of Working from Home?

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  • Dominique Goux
  • Eric Maurin

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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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  • Dominique Goux & Eric Maurin, 2025. "Sick of Working from Home?," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 135(672), pages 2549-2566.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:econjl:v:135:y:2025:i:672:p:2549-2566.
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    1. Gregory Verdugo & Malak Kandoussi, 2025. "Will you follow your job to the suburbs? Commuting, locational amenities and wages in a large metro area," Sciences Po Economics Publications (main) hal-05447239, HAL.
    2. Feuillade, Mylène & Goux, Dominique & Maurin, Eric, 2025. "Rise in Home Working and Spousal Labor Supply," IZA Discussion Papers 17997, IZA Network @ LISER.
    3. Mehrzad B. Baktash, 2026. "Home Alone: Work from Home and Loneliness," Research Papers in Economics 2026-04, University of Trier, Department of Economics.
    4. Jan Bietenbeck & Natalie Irmert & Therese Nilsson, 2026. "Individualism and working from home," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 64(2), pages 491-507, April.
    5. Benjamin W. Cowan & Todd R. Jones, 2025. "Social Substitution? Time Use Responses to Increased Workplace Isolation," CESifo Working Paper Series 12117, CESifo.
    6. Philippe Askenazy & Ugo Di Nallo & Ismaël Ramajo, 2026. "Post-covid Telework and Productivity: A Large Scale Analysis," Working Papers hal-05629578, HAL.
    7. Achard, Pascal & Belot, Michèle & Chevalier, Arnaud, 2025. "When Parents Work from Home," IZA Discussion Papers 17957, IZA Network @ LISER.
    8. Cowan, Benjamin & Jones, Todd R., 2025. "Social Substitution? Time Use Responses to Increased Workplace Isolation," IZA Discussion Papers 18112, IZA Network @ LISER.
    9. Basso, Gaetano & De Paola, Maria & Lattanzio, Salvatore & Paradisi, Matteo, 2026. "Workplace Flexibility and the Motherhood Penalty: Evidence from the Diffusion of Remote Work," CEPR Discussion Papers 21486, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
    10. Verdugo, Gregory & Kandoussi, Malak, 2025. "Will you follow your job to the suburbs?," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 150(C).

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    JEL classification:

    • J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • I19 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Other

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