Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/302269 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1498
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the role of individualism in explaining cross-country differences in working from home (WFH). Using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) of the United States and the European Social Survey (ESS), we isolate the influence of individualism by comparing immigrants from different cultural backgrounds residing in the same location. We find that a 10-point increase in country-of-origin individualism, measured on a 0-100 scale, is associated with a 3.9 percentage point (pp) higher likelihood of WFH and 1.12 more weekly WFH hours in the CPS, and a 2 pp higher likelihood of frequent WFH in the ESS. Our analysis of potential mechanisms suggests that individualism influences WFH through higher educational attainment and occupational selection.
Subjects: 
working from home
individualism
culture
epidemiological approach
JEL: 
J20
D22
E24
L23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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