
Here's how much commuting time we save when working from home
A global survey of workers in 27 countries showed that working from home saved about two hours of commute per worker every week in 2021 and 2022.
Cevat Giray Aksoy is a Principal Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London and an Affiliated Researcher at the London School of Economics. His main research interests are inequalities in the labour market, female labor supply and economics of fertility.
A global survey of workers in 27 countries showed that working from home saved about two hours of commute per worker every week in 2021 and 2022.
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