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Work from home and subjective wellbeing

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  • Claudia Senik

    (PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, SU - Sorbonne Université)

Abstract

Everyone expects telework to ‘stick', but will this make workers happier? On the one hand, work from home (WFH) is clearly desired by a majority of workers, as evidenced by their willingness to pay for this arrangement. This finding is supported by all choice experiments, either real, on a recruitment platform for example, or hypothetical, via surveys. But, on the other hand, working entirely from home seems to be detrimental to their life satisfaction and their mental health, as shown by difference-in-differences studies based on the COVID-19 natural experience. Is hybrid work the optimal solution, the ideal compromise between the pros (saving commuting time) and the cons (loosing social integration) of WFH? This seems to be the aspiration of most workers worldwide. Does the demand for hybrid work also reflect a trade-off between life satisfaction and job satisfaction?

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  • Claudia Senik, 2024. "Work from home and subjective wellbeing," Post-Print halshs-04815738, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-04815738
    DOI: 10.4337/9781800889675.00071
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