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Younger Firms and CEOs Allow More Work from Home

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  • Cevat Giray Aksoy
  • Jose Maria Barrero
  • Nicholas Bloom
  • Katelyn Cranney
  • Steven J. Davis
  • Mathias Dolls

  • Pablo Zarate

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We establish three facts about work from home (WFH) in the United States. First, employees WFH more often at younger firms – almost twice as often at firms founded after 2015 than at firms founded before 1990. Second, employees working under younger CEOs have higher levels of WFH. The average WFH rate is 1.4 days per week when the CEO is under 30, compared to 1.1 days when the CEO is 60 or older. Third, the self-employed WFH more than twice as often as wage-and-salary employees. These facts highlight the importance of organizational and managerial attributes for the prevalence of WFH.

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  • Cevat Giray Aksoy & Jose Maria Barrero & Nicholas Bloom & Katelyn Cranney & Steven J. Davis & Mathias Dolls & Pablo Zarate, 2026. "Younger Firms and CEOs Allow More Work from Home," CESifo Working Paper Series 12439, CESifo.
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    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions

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