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Work from home: how COVID-19 sped up the inevitable

A woman works in a house with her cat while workers are forced to work from home and demand payback for extra home office costs during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sassenheim, Netherlands October 2, 2020. Picture taken October 2, 2020. REUTERS/Eva Plevier - RC2HDJ9U715C

US employees report that they anticipate a fourfold increase in the share of hours they will WFH going forward. Image: REUTERS/Eva Plevier

Morris Davis
Paul V. Profeta Chair of Real Estate and Academic Director, Rutgers Business School
Andra Ghent
Associate Professor of Finance, University of North Carolina
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