Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/243297 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 960
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
This paper examines the effects of working from home on mental health, using unique real time survey data from South Korea collected during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that working from home negatively affects the mental health of workers in the first half of 2020. Furthermore, we find substantial heterogeneity across gender and home environment. The negative impact of working from home is concentrated on women, and on those who are primarily responsible for housework while also maintaining market work. Surprisingly, workers who live with children in the household do not suffer from the negative effects of working from home. Our findings suggest that family-work interaction may be an important factor in the optimal design of working from home.
Subjects: 
Working from home
home working
remote work
COVID-19
mental health
subjective well-being
JEL: 
D13
L23
L84
M11
M54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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