Kouki, A. (2024) Work from home and the racial gap in female wages. European Economic Review, 170. 104864. ISSN 0014-2921
Abstract
This paper studies the racial female wage penalty to remote work in the U.S. Instrumental variable estimates yield wage penalties that reach 66.3 % for black women and 33.9 % for white women when hours worked at home increase to 5 per week. Promotion bias, task reassignment and lack of productive social interaction are the most likely mechanisms for the wage losses. The estimates provide rare evidence on the costs of physical distancing due to work from home, particularly for women of different races managing the needs of their sick children.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Female wages; Female labor supply; Race; Work from home; Telecommuting; Fertility; Child health |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 01 Oct 2024 11:39 |
Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2024 11:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104864 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:217794 |
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