The significance of occupations, family responsibilities, and gender for working from home: Lessons from COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Before the pandemic, many employers were hesitant to offer their employees the option of working from home. However, remote working has been widely adopted during the pandemic as one of the key methods of controlling the spread of the virus. The measure encountered a widespread acceptance and it is likely that the demand for work from home as a flexible work arrangement will persist also after the pandemic has ended. Although numerous studies have addressed the role of remote work during this crisis, as of yet we lack thorough research jointly addressing the question on how occupations/job characteristics on the one hand and family/household responsibilities on the other are associated with the propensity of working from home, and how gender cuts across those aspects. Using the COVID-19 su

SUBMITTER: Minkus L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9191736 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature