Research and Policy
The Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes has generated a number of research outputs which have later been published in academic journals, working paper series and blogs. The research has also been summarized in presentations delivered within international conferences and seminars. Our research is listed by date order (most recent first).
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Research Papers
Americans Now Live Farther from Their Employers, by Mert Akan, Jose Maria Barrero,Nicholas Bloom, Tom Bowen, Shelby Buckman, Steven J. Davis, Luke Pardue, and Liz Wilke, February 2024
Blog Post
How Much Work from Home Is There in the United States? by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis, January 2024
The Evolution of Work from Home, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis, September 2023
Journal of Economic Perspectives (Fall 2023)
Official Link Working Paper Version
Working from Home Around the Globe: 2023 Report, by Cevat Giray Aksoy, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Mathias Dolls, and Pablo Zarate, June 2023
Download Summary Data Coverage in The Economist
Time Savings When Working From Home, by Cevat Giray Aksoy, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Mathias Dolls, and Pablo Zarate
AEA Papers & Proceedings (May 2023)
Official Link BFI Economic Finding VoxEU Chicago Booth Review
Benchmarking SWAA Estimates of the Prevalence of Working From Home, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis, February 2023
Long Social Distancing, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis, June 2023
Journal of Labor Economics (Forthcoming)
Official Link May 2023 Version October 2022 Version NBER WP
Working From Home Around the World, by Cevat Giray Aksoy, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Matthias Dolls, and Pablo Zarate, August 2022
Prepared for the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Economic Finding by the Becker Friedman Institute
Slide Deck (March 2022) Conference Draft
The Shift to Remote Work Lessens Wage Growth Pressures, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, and Emil Mihaylov
Internet Access and its Implications for Productivity, Inequality, and Resilience, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis, December 2021. In Rebuilding the Post-Pandemic Economy, ed. Melissa S. Kearney and Amy Ganz (Washington D.C.: Aspen Institute Press, 2021)
Working Paper Version (10 July 2021)
Let me work from home, or I will find another job, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis, 18 July 2021
VoxEU World Economic Forum LSE COVID-19 Blog
The Donut Effect of COVID-19 on Cities, by Arjun Ramani and Nicholas Bloom
Why working from home will stick, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom and Steven J. Davis, 3 May 2021
Productivity & Welfare Pack
COVID-19 is also a reallocation shock, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom and Steven J. Davis, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (Summer 2020)
COVID-19 shifted patent applications toward technologies that support working from home, by Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis and Zulia Zhestkova
60 million fewer commuting hours per day: How Americans use time saved by working from home, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom and Steven J. Davis
VoxEU
Previous Results Summaries
April 2024 Email Briefing and SWAA April 2024 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
March 2024 Email Briefing and SWAA March 2024 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
February 2024 Email Briefing and SWAA February 2024 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
January 2024 Email Briefing and SWAA January 2024 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
December 2023 Email Briefing and SWAA December 2023 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
November 2023 Email Briefing and SWAA November 2023 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
October 2023 Email Briefing and SWAA October 2023 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
September 2023 Email Briefing and SWAA September 2023 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
August 2023 Email Briefing and SWAA August 2023 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
July 2023 Email Briefing and SWAA July 2023 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
June 2023 Email Briefing and SWAA June 2023 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
May 2023 Email Briefing and SWAA May 2023 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
April 2023 Email Briefing and SWAA April 2023 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
March 2023 Email Briefing and SWAA March 2023 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
February 2023 Email Briefing and SWAA February 2023 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
January 2023 Email Briefing and SWAA January 2023 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
December 2022 Email Briefing and SWAA December 2022 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
November 2022 Email Briefing and SWAA November 2022 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
October 2022 Email Briefing and SWAA October 2022 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
September 2022 Email Briefing and SWAA September 2022 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Shelby Buckman, and Steven J. Davis
August 2022 Email Briefing and SWAA August 2022 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis
July 2022 Email Briefing and SWAA July 2022 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis
June 2022 Email Briefing and SWAA June 2022 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis
May 2022 Email Briefing and SWAA May 2022 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis
April 2022 Email Briefing and SWAA April 2022 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis
March 2022 Email Briefing and SWAA March 2022 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis
February 2022 Email Briefing and SWAA February 2022 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis
January 2022 Email Briefing and SWAA January 2022 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis
December 2021 Email Briefing and SWAA December 2021 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis
November 2021 Email Briefing and SWAA November 2021 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis
October 2021 Email Briefing and SWAA October 2021 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis
SWAA September 2021 Updates, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis
Blogs, Podcasts, & Short Pieces
The Great Work-from-Home Divide, Hoover Institution’s Policy Stories, April 11 2024
Meet the Author: Steven J. Davis, SSRN Blog on Tomorrow’s Research Today, April 10 2024
The State of Working From Home: We Not Me Podcast with José María Barrero, March 2024
Tiene que haber algo más, Podcast with José María Barrero, February 2024
What the WFH Revolution Means for the Economy, Your Money Briefing, The Wall Street Journal, 13 December 2023
Managing a Remote Workforce: A Conversation with Raj Choudhury, Economics, Applied, (video and audio podcast), 15 November 2023
The New Normal: Working from Home in 2023, The PIE (audio podcast interview), 14 November 2023
Work From Home And Productivity – A Conversation With Nick Bloom, Economics, Applied, (video and audio podcast), 1 November 2023
Survey: Remote Work Isn’t Going Away — and Executives Know It, by Nicholas Bloom, Jose Maria Barrero, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, and Emil Mihaylov, Harvard Business Review
When remote work works and when it doesn’t, The Indicator From Planet Money podcast with Jose Maria Barrero
Social Distancing in 2023: The Economic Costs of Lingering COVID Fears, The Pie podcast with Steven J. Davis and Tess Vigeland
How Remote-Working Canadians Use Commute Time Savings, by Cevat Giray Aksoy, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Mathias Dolls, Steven J. Davis, and Pablo Zarate, C.D. Howe Institute
Research: Where Managers and Employees Disagree About Remote Work, by Nicholas Bloom, Jose Maria Barrero, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, and Emil Mihaylov, Harvard Business Review
Working From Home Is the Trend of the Year—And Next Year Too, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom, and Steven J. Davis, TIME
Long Social Distancing, Economic Finding by the Becker Friedman Institute, October 2022
Future of Working From Home, What Happens Next Podcast with Nicholas Bloom, 8 October 2022
WFH… Gone Global, The Pie: An Economics Podcast with Steven J. Davis, 4 October 2022
Desmitificando el trabajo remoto, La Gran Renuncia Podcast with José María Barrero, 10 October 2022
What does more remote work mean for workers and the economy?, Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity with Steven J. Davis, 19 September 2022
El impacto de la inflación por homeoffice, el crecimiento salarial y las expectativas del crecimiento, El Financiero Bloomberg interview with José María Barrero, 18 July 2022
Hutchins Roundup: Inflation expectations, remote work, and more, by James Lee, Eric Milstein, Nasiha Salwati, and Louise Sheiner, July 2022
Joe Biden en Arabia Saudí. ¿Qué es una recesión? ¿Combate el teletrabajo la inflación y la desiguald?, El Washington Post podcast (in Spanish) with Jose Maria Barrero
The Shift to Remote Work Lessens Wage-Growth Pressures, Economic Finding by the Becker Friedman Institute, June 2022
Taking Care of Business: Reimagining the Office with Hybrid Work, podcast with Steven J. Davis. May 2022
Best of Both Worlds: The Future of Office Is Hybrid Work, podcast with Steven J. Davis. April 2022.
Return to office: Millions of employees aren’t going back to working in person, Yahoo!News interview with Steven J. Davis. April 2022 Twitter clip
The future of work: Not the office or home, by Jinhua Zhao, March 2022
Why Companies Aren’t Cutting Back on Office Space by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis, Harvard Business Review, January 2022
The Work From Home Outlook in 2022 and Beyond by Jose Maria Barrero, January 2022. Presented at the 2022 ASSA Meetings. Featured in The Economist’s Free Exchange Column, January 15, 2022
How Should Organizations Manage Remote Work? The Big Question, Chicago Booth Review, with Steven J. Davis, Michael Gibbs, and Melina Hale
Don’t Force People to Come Back to the Office Full Time, by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis, Harvard Business Review, August 2021
Onboarding Remote Workers: A Hassle? Maybe. A Barrier? No., by David Altig, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent H. Meyer, and Nicholas Parker, Macroblog, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, July 2021
Remote work is here to stay…kinda, video with Nicholas Bloom, The Recount, July 2021
Hybrid is the future of work, by Nicholas Bloom, SIEPR Policy Brief, June 2021
Returning to the office will be hard, by Nicholas Bloom, Paul Mizen, Shivani Taneja, June 2021
The Pandemic Blew Up the American Office — For Better and Worse, by Edmund L. Andrews, Insights by Stanford Business, June 2021
NBER Research Spotlight, video presentation by Nick Bloom, June 2021
Work from Home Likely to Remain Elevated Post Pandemic, by Steve Maas, NBER Digest, June 2021
Don’t Let Employees Pick Their WFH Days, by Nicholas Bloom, Harvard Business Review, May 2021
What Workers Want: The Permanent Impact of the Covid-Era Office, Greymatter (Blog + Podcast), Greylock, with Nicholas Bloom, May 25, 2021.
Why Working From Home Will Stick, Economic Finding, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago, 22 April 2021
Working from your living room in your PJ’s can be pretty productive!, KNX In Depth with Steven J. Davis, April 2021
WFH… Forever, in The Pie: Economics Podcast, University of Chicago, with Steven J. Davis and Kate Lister, April 2021
NPR One
Our research shows working from home works, in moderation, by Nicholas Bloom, March 2021
WFH Is Onstage and Here to Stay, by David E. Altig, Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom, Brent Meyer, Emil Mihaylov, Nick Parker, February 2021
The donut effect: How COVID-19 shapes real estate, by Arjun Ramani, Nicholas Bloom, January 2021
How has the pandemic changed the labor market? Chicago Booth Review, December 2020
Inventors are eyeing your home office, Chicago Booth Review, November 2020
60 million fewer commuting hours per day: How Americans use time saved by working from home, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven Davis, September 2020
How working from home works out, By Nicholas Bloom June 2020
Firms Expect Working from Home to Triple, by David Altig, Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, Emil Mihaylov, and Nick Parker, May 2020