Teletrabajo y desplazamientos: Modelización teórica y evidencia empírica para Estados Unidos

Salvatierra Casamayor, Alba (2025): Teletrabajo y desplazamientos: Modelización teórica y evidencia empírica para Estados Unidos.

Abstract

This paper examines the household decision to work from home (WFH) using the collective labor supply framework, which accounts for intrahousehold bargaining in time allocation across market work, domestic tasks, and telework. The model incorporates the joint budget constraint, domestic production, and relative bargaining power, allowing decisions to be understood as interdependent between spouses. Based on this framework, a system of simultaneous equations is derived and estimated through different econometric strategies (OLS, fixed effects, SUR, and SUR-IV). Results reveal a negative income effect on labor supply, significant cross-spousal interactions, and clear gender asymmetries: women’s domestic time substantially reduces their labor supply, while men’s impact remains marginal. The findings suggest that telework may enhance work–life balance but also risks reinforcing inequalities if not accompanied by redistributive and responsibility-sharing policies.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Telework and commuting: Theoretical modeling and empirical evidence for the United States
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Telework, collective model, intrahousehold bargaining, labor supply, gender.
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables; D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics > D13 - Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor

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