Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/216464 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13152
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Due to the COVID-19 crisis and the related "social distancing" measures, working from home (WfH) has suddenly become a crucial lever of economic activity. This paper combines survey and administrative data to compute measures for the feasibility of working from home among German employees. Breaking down the data by occupation, region, industry, and employee characteristics, we document considerable variation in the potential to WfH across all dimensions. We find that WfH is feasible for roughly 56 percent of the overall German workforce, while less than half of this potential was exploited in the pre-pandemic economy.
Subjects: 
Germany
working from home
COVID-19
JEL: 
D24
J22
J24
O33
R12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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