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Teleworking in the French Private Sector: A Lasting but Heterogenous Shift Shaped by Collective Agreements (2019–2024)

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  • Askenazy, Philippe

    (CNRS)

  • Di Nallo, Ugo

    (INSEE)

  • Ramajo, Ismaël

    (DARES, French Ministry of Labour)

  • Thiounn, Conrad

    (DARES, French Ministry of Labour)

Abstract

Teleworking has been widely adopted in France since the Covid-19 crisis. This study traces its evolution from 2019 to late 2024, using worker and employer surveys, firm agreements, and administrative sources. After peaking during lockdowns, telework stabilized at 23% of the private workforce, mainly among managers, with no recent signs of decline. Textual analysis of agreements shows a dominant hybrid model of two days per week, confirmed by the Labour Force Survey, with most workers satisfied. Telework correlates with firm characteristics (more common in large firms), job composition (managers influence non-managers), housing (larger homes, longer commutes), and individual or household traits (men telework less, partner's telework increases likelihood), highlighting key telework dynamics. These correlations hold under different specifications, including firm fixed-effects models.

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  • Askenazy, Philippe & Di Nallo, Ugo & Ramajo, Ismaël & Thiounn, Conrad, 2025. "Teleworking in the French Private Sector: A Lasting but Heterogenous Shift Shaped by Collective Agreements (2019–2024)," IZA Discussion Papers 17874, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    Keywords

    gender; firm agreements; telework; family; housing;
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    JEL classification:

    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
    • J52 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Dispute Resolution: Strikes, Arbitration, and Mediation
    • J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions

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