Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/252196 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15072
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper studies the racial gap in the female wage penalty to remote work. Using a temporary child health problem as a source of exogenous variation in the propensity to work from home, wage penalties reach 86 percent for black women and 77 percent for white women. Promotion bias, task re-assignment and lack of productive social interaction are the most likely mechanisms for the wage losses. The estimates provide rare evidence on the differential costs of social distancing by race and may be especially applicable when children are temporarily quarantined due to illness.
Subjects: 
female labor supply
female earnings
race
remote work
telecommuting
flexible working arrangements
fertility
health
JEL: 
C26
J13
J22
I19
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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