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Title: Change and Continuity in Americans' Work Day Characteristics, 2019 to 2021

Citation Type: Book, Section

Publication Year: 2023

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ISSN: 01479121

DOI: 10.1108/S0147-912120230000051009/FULL/XML

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Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic spurred major, and possibly enduring, changes in paid work. In this chapter, we explore the continuity and change in several work day dimensions, including where it is performed, the amount of time spent working, the length of the work day, and who people are with when they work, as well as variation across population subgroups. We use nationally representative data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) to analyze change across the 2019 to 2021 period. While the shift to working primarily at home in 2020 is dramatic and continuing into 2021, working primarily at the workplace remains the modal experience for Americans. We find differences by gender, education, parental status, and age in which workers perform their jobs at home, and we find much more continuity in how much people work and when they work.

Url: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/S0147-912120230000051009/full/html

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Authors: Flood, Sarah M.; Genadek, Katie R.

Editors: Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Polachek, Solomon W.

Pages: 219-245

Volume Title: Research in Labor Economics

Publisher: Emerald Publishing

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Volume: 51

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Data Collections: IPUMS Time Use - ATUS

Topics: Health, Work, Family, and Time

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