Full days worked at home account for 28 percent of paid workdays among Americans 20–64
years old, as of mid-2023. That's about four times the 2019 rate and ten times the rate in the …

The pandemic triggered a large, lasting shift to work from home (WFH). To study this shift, we
survey full-time workers who finished primary school in twenty-seven countries as of mid …

We quantify the commute time savings associated with work from home, drawing on data for
27 countries. The average daily time savings when working from home are 72 minutes in our …

Ubiquitous high-speed fiber-based and mobile broadband availability is a key economic
policy goal in the European Union and other developed countries. Policymakers seek to …

As the first major developing country heavily struck by the COVID-19 pandemic, China
adopted the world's most stringent lockdown interventions to contain the virus spread. Using …

Many Americans continued some forms of social distancing after the pandemic. This
phenomenon is stronger among older persons, less educated individuals, and those who …

Firms, workers, and consumers in developing countries are increasingly connected to each
other and the rest of the world through the internet. Can this connectivity transform poor …

In response to strong revenue and income losses facing a large share of self-employed
individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic, the German federal government introduced a€ …

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, more firms than ever before have enabled their
employees to work from home. Based on a representative firm survey in Germany, surveying …

This paper surveys economic literature largely from 2020 and 2021 on how the COVID-19
pandemic and responses to it affect US income inequality. Established trends of growing …