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Study 3 2021 Working from home: the possibility or necessity? March 2021 Study 3 / 2021 Study 3 / 2021 Working from home: Working from home: the possibility or necessity?2 the possibility or necessity?2 MARCH 2021 MARCH 2021 JAKUB GROSSMANN, VÁCLAV KORBEL, DANIEL MÜNICH JAKUB GROSSMANN, VÁCLAV KORBEL, DANIEL MÜNICH Summary Summary The study describes the use of work from home across socio-demographic groups in the Czech Republic during the coronavirus year 2020. It shows how The study describes the use of work from home across socio-demographic groups in the Czech Republic during the coronavirus year 2020. It shows how work-from-home arrangements relate to workers' characteristics, such as their work-from-home arrangements relate to workers' characteristics, such as their education, industry, gender, and type of household. The analysis reveals the education, industry, gender, and type of household. The analysis reveals the perceived barriers to and benefits of working from home. perceived barriers to and benefits of working from home. The share of workers from home strongly correlated with the development of the The share of workers from home strongly correlated with the development of the epidemiological situation. The share of employees working from home reached 40% epidemiological situation. The share of employees working from home reached 40% during the first spring wave of the pandemic and only 30 % during the diametrically during the first spring wave of the pandemic and only 30 % during the diametrically larger wave in the autumn. The probability that workers switched to working from larger wave in the autumn. The probability that workers switched to working from home was strongly related to their level of education and industry. Working from home was strongly related to their level of education and industry. Working from home was 20 percentage points (pp) more likely for university graduates than for home was 20 percentage points (pp) more likely for university graduates than for workers with the high-school leaving exam (maturita) and as much as 40 percentage workers with the high-school leaving exam (maturita) and as much as 40 percentage points more likely than for workers without the high-school leaving exam. points more likely than for workers without the high-school leaving exam. Employment in finance and IT and in education was associated with 20 pp. more Employment in finance and IT and in education was associated with 20 pp. more work from home compared to workers in unspecified sectors or, for example, in work from home compared to workers in unspecified sectors or, for example, in trade and services. The lowest incidence of transitions to work from home was quite trade and services. The lowest incidence of transitions to work from home was quite naturally reported by the industry and agriculture sectors (by about 8 pp) and also naturally reported by the industry and agriculture sectors (by about 8 pp) and also overall during the autumn epidemic wave (by 5 pp). overall during the autumn epidemic wave (by 5 pp). 2 This study represents the authors’ view, and not the official position of the Czech Academy of Sciences’ Economics 2 inTshtiitsustetundoyrroepf rtehseenCthsatrhlesaUutnhivoerrss’ ivtyiewCe, natnrde nfort EthceonooffmicicalRpeosseiatriochn oafndthGe rCazdeucahteAEcadduecmatyioonf (SCcEieRnGceEs)’ .EWcoenothmaincks iMnsirtoitsultaevanoArleokfstiheveaC, hMaralteěsj UBnaijvgears, itŠytěCpeántrJeufroarjdEac,oMnoimchiaceRlaesKeuardcrhnáačnodváG, rMadauratitneaEPdauřcíaztkiovná(, CFEilRipGEP)e.rWtoled,thDaintka MSteirjoskslaalvoaváA, PleektsrieVváaš,a,MaantdějJaBnaajgVará,vrŠotvěápáfonr Jvuarluaajdbale, cMomichmaenlatsKaundrandávčoicveá.,TMheardtainta foPrařtíhziksorveás,eaFriclihpwPeerretoplrdo,viDdietda bStyejPsAkaQloRváe,sPeaertcrhVáwšiath, ainda Jlaonag-Vteárvmrovcoáofporervaatliuoanb. lTehciosmsmtuednytswansdsaudpvpiocret.eTdhbeydathtae fMorictrhoisorfetseCazrechwReerpeupbrloicviadned bSylovPaAkQia,RaensdeabrcyhthweitChiznecah lAoncagd-temrmy ocfooSpceiernactieosnw. Tithisn stthuedyAVw2a1s Ssutrpapteogrytepdrobgyrtahme “MSioccrioestoyftinCMzeochtioRnepanudblipcuabnlidc Splolvicaikesia”,. Aanlldpobsysitbhle iCnzaecchurAacaiedseamnyd oerfrSocriseanrcesthweirtehsipnotnhseibAiliVty21ofSthraetaeugythporos.gram “Society in Motion and public policies”. All possible inaccuracies and errors are the responsibility of the authors. BACK TO CONTENTS 10 3 3