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- Title
Working from home leads to more family-oriented men.
- Authors
Inoue, Chihiro; Ishihata, Yusuke; Yamaguchi, Shintaro
- Abstract
We examine how working from home (WFH) affects men's participation in childcare and housework and their attitudes toward family. Because WFH is an endogenous decision, we apply a first-difference instrumental variable estimator, taking the degree to which one can work from home, measured at the individual level, as the instrument. We find that WFH increases the time that men spend on household chores and with family, and the fraction of men who consider life more important than work. Although WFH decreases their commuting time, we find no evidence that it reduces working hours or self-perceived productivity.
- Subjects
HOUSEKEEPING; WORKING hours; TELECOMMUTING; FAMILIES
- Publication
Review of Economics of the Household, 2024, Vol 22, Issue 2, p783
- ISSN
1569-5239
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11150-023-09682-6