Data and Code for: The Evolution of Work From Home

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Jose Maria Barrero, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico; Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University; Steven J. Davis, Hoover Institution at Stanford University, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Version:  View help for Version V1

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  Code 09/22/2023 12:53:PM
  Data 09/02/2023 07:16:PM
  Output 09/03/2023 12:41:AM
  Packages 09/02/2023 07:16:PM
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Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We survey the state of the economics literature on the big shift to working from home that was catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We consider measurement, causes, and implications of the big shift.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms work from home; productivity; labor costs; job amenities; pandemic
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D13 Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
      D23 Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
      E24 Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
      M54 Personnel Economics: Labor Management
      R30 Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Universe:  View help for Universe SWAA data - US residents aged 20 to 64

AHTUS and ATUS - US residents

Census Household Pulse Survey - US Households
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) aggregate data; survey data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes, May 2020 to August 2023 data released in September 2023. See www.wfhresearch.com/data

Personal Consumption Expenditures Deflator from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis obtained via FRED

American Heritage Time Use Study obtained via www.ipums.org 
American Time Use Survey obtained via www.ipums.org 

US Census Household Pulse Survey public use files (microdata) obtained from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/household-pulse-survey/datasets.html
Weights:  View help for Weights Weights provided with datasets above to ensure representativeness
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation US residents aged 20 to 64

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