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Welches Home-Office-Potential birgt der österreichische Arbeitsmarkt? (How Much Home Office Potential is there in the Austrian Labour Market?)
WIFO Research Briefs, 2020, (4), 5 pages
Study by: Austrian Institute of Economic Research
Online since: 24.04.2020 9:00
Home-Office war bislang, wenn überhaupt, ein Instrument, das nur von wenigen Personengruppen und häufig zeitlich beschränkt genutzt wurde. Mit den Maßnahmen der Bundesregierung zur Eindämmung der COVID-19-Pandemie wurde für viele Arbeitskräfte das Zuhause recht unvermittelt zur Arbeitsstätte. Auf Grundlage der Tätigkeitsschwerpunkte der unselbständigen Beschäftigung ermittelt das WIFO ein Home-Office-Potential von rund 45%; für Frauen fällt dieses Potential etwas höher aus als für Männer.
Keywords:TP_COVID
Research group:Labour Economics, Income and Social Security
Language:German

How Much Home Office Potential is there in the Austrian Labour Market?
Until now, home office has been an instrument that was addressed to a small number of employed people, if at all, and was often only used temporally. With the measures taken by the Government to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the home became a place of work for many workers more or less overnight. On the basis of employment by task, WIFO identifies a home office potential of around 45 percent; this potential is slightly higher for women than for men.