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The net impact of telework on restaurant revenues in Canada

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  • Tahsin Mehdi
  • René Morissette

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Using monthly provincial data that cover the period from March 2020 to July 2022, this study quantifies the association between work from home and revenues in the food services and drinking places subsector. Controlling for changes in COVID-19 restrictions and Canadians’ health concerns, the study estimates that an increase of 1 percentage point in the monthly incidence of work from home was associated with a 0.55 percentage point reduction in the monthly growth rate of receipts in food services and drinking places in a given province during that period. Simple calculations based on these estimates suggest that the increase in work from home observed from February 2020 to April 2020 accounted for about one-third of the drop in revenues observed in this subsector between these two months.

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  • Tahsin Mehdi & René Morissette, 2024. "The net impact of telework on restaurant revenues in Canada," Economic and Social Reports 202401000003e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch.
    • Handle: RePEc:stc:stcp8e:202401000003e
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25318/36280001202401000003-eng
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    1. Gianni De Fraja & Jesse Matheson & Paul Mizen & James Rockey & Shivani Taneja & Gregory Thwaites, 2021. "Covid reallocation of spending: The effect of remote working on the retail and hospitality sector," Working Papers 2021006, The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics.
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      • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
      • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics

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