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Return-to-Office Mandates, Health and Well-being: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

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  • Chiara Costi
  • Andrew Clark
  • Conchita D'Ambrosio
  • Anthony Lepinteur
  • Giorgia Menta

Abstract

We here exploit an exogenous shift in working conditions for public-sector workers in Italy to establish the causal effect of a return-to-office (RTO) mandate on worker health and well-being. In nine waves of quarterly panel data we first find a significant fall in teleworking for those affected by the RTO mandate, who also spend more time outdoors, work fewer hours, and interact less with relatives and friends. The net effect of these lifestyle changes on a battery of health and well-being measures following the return to office work is insignificant. The place of work post-pandemic has neither positive nor negative health implications.

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  • Chiara Costi & Andrew Clark & Conchita D'Ambrosio & Anthony Lepinteur & Giorgia Menta, 2024. "Return-to-Office Mandates, Health and Well-being: Evidence from a Natural Experiment," LISER Working Paper Series 2024-07, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).
    • Handle: RePEc:irs:cepswp:2024-07
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    Keywords

    Return to office; Working from home; Health; Well-being;
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    JEL classification:

    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • J88 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Public Policy

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