Morikawa Masayuki
Hitotsubashi University Kunitachi Tokyo Japan.
Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) Chiyoda-ku Tokyo Japan.
Econ Inq. 2022 Apr;60(2):508-527. doi: 10.1111/ecin.13056. Epub 2021 Nov 22.
This study examines the productivity of working from home (WFH) practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results reveal that the mean WFH productivity relative to working at the usual workplace was about 60%-70%, and it was lower for employees and firms that started WFH practice only after the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there was a large dispersion of WFH productivity, both by individual and firm characteristics. Highly educated and high-wage employees tended to exhibit a small reduction in WFH productivity. The results obtained from the employee and employer surveys were generally consistent with each other.
本研究考察了新冠疫情期间居家办公(WFH)模式的生产率。结果显示,与在常规工作场所工作相比,居家办公的平均生产率约为60%-70%,对于在新冠疫情传播后才开始居家办公的员工和公司来说,该生产率更低。然而,居家办公的生产率因个人和公司特征存在很大差异。受教育程度高和工资高的员工居家办公生产率的降幅往往较小。从员工和雇主调查中获得的结果总体上相互一致。