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The Privilege of Working From Home at the Time of Social Distancing

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  • Armanda Cetrulo

    (Sant’Anna - School of Advanced Studies Pisa)

  • Dario Guarascio

    (Sapienza University of Rome)

  • Maria Enrica Virgillito

    (Sant’Anna - School of Advanced Studies Pisa)

Abstract

Although the common perception is that the pandemic is ‘the great equaliser’, workers’ tasks, contractual framework and position in the internal organisational hierarchy strongly affect their ability to work remotely.

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  • Armanda Cetrulo & Dario Guarascio & Maria Enrica Virgillito, 2020. "The Privilege of Working From Home at the Time of Social Distancing," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics;Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), vol. 55(3), pages 142-147, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:intere:v:55:y:2020:i:3:d:10.1007_s10272-020-0891-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s10272-020-0891-3
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