Which Jobs are Done from Home? Evidence from the American Time Use Survey

20 Pages Posted: 20 Apr 2020 Last revised: 6 May 2025

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Lena Hensvik

IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation

Thomas Le Barbanchon

Bocconi university; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Roland Rathelot

University of Warwick

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Abstract

Which jobs are more likely to be affected by mobility restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic? This paper uses American Time Use Survey data to measure the share of the work hours that are spent at home for different job categories. We compute and provide home-working shares by occupation (US census classification, SOC and international ISCO classification), and by industry (US census classification, NAICS and international ISIC classification).

Keywords: time-use, remote work, home-working, COVID-19

JEL Classification: J22

Suggested Citation

Hensvik, Lena and Le Barbanchon, Thomas and Rathelot, Roland, Which Jobs are Done from Home? Evidence from the American Time Use Survey. IZA Discussion Paper No. 13138, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3579230

Lena Hensvik (Contact Author)

IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation ( email )

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Thomas Le Barbanchon

Bocconi university ( email )

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) ( email )

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United Kingdom

Roland Rathelot

University of Warwick ( email )

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Coventry, CV4 8UW
United Kingdom

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