canihasaccount , 5 months ago

Beyond self-reports and perception-based outcomes, most extant studies that I’m aware of have found decreases in real output. For example, a randomized controlled trial published by the NBER found that productivity of employees randomly assigned to work from home was 18% lower than employees randomly assigned to work in the office:

www.nber.org/papers/w31515

Another study found that output decreased by around 13% when employees worked from home, even though hours worked increased:

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/…/721803

Cognitive performance may also decline in remote settings:

academic.oup.com/ej/article/132/643/1218/6445994