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Change and Continuity in Americans' Work Day Characteristics, 2019 to 2021

In: Time Use in Economics

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  • Sarah M. Flood
  • Katie R. Genadek

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The COVID-19 pandemic spurred major, and possibly enduring, changes in paid work. In this chapter, we explore the continuity and change in several work day dimensions, including where it is performed, the amount of time spent working, the length of the work day, and who people are with when they work, as well as variation across population subgroups. We use nationally representative data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) to analyze change across the 2019 to 2021 period. While the shift to working primarily at home in 2020 is dramatic and continuing into 2021, working primarily at the workplace remains the modal experience for Americans. We find differences by gender, education, parental status, and age in which workers perform their jobs at home, and we find much more continuity in how much people work and when they work.

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  • Sarah M. Flood & Katie R. Genadek, 2023. "Change and Continuity in Americans' Work Day Characteristics, 2019 to 2021," Research in Labor Economics, in: Time Use in Economics, volume 51, pages 219-245, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:rleczz:s0147-912120230000051009
    DOI: 10.1108/S0147-912120230000051009
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