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Environmental Studies
Roland Fuess, Jan A. Koller, Alois Weigand
Summary: The value of land is determined by the attractiveness of the location and the level of direct land use regulation. Central location attractiveness and maximum floor area ratio are the two main factors affecting land prices.
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Engineering, Civil
Katherine Pawluk De-Toledo, Steve O'Hern, Sjaan Koppel
Summary: Working from Home (WFH) has been identified as a crucial measure to reduce transport demand and support sustainable transport systems in cities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, WFH has fundamentally changed commuter travel behavior and it is expected that a hybrid-work model will emerge post-COVID-19. The attributes that support WFH are mainly concentrated at the individual and workplace levels, with the workplace playing a key role in providing necessary equipment and policies for long-term WFH implementation.
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Management
Chunmian Ge, Hanwei Huang, Zhiqiang Wang, Junhui Jiang, Chang Liu
Summary: This study examines the impact of a firm's work from home (WFH) capacity on its resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. WFH enhances firms' resistance capacity by reducing the effect of COVID-19 on their operating revenue volatility and disruptions to their supply chain partners; however, it also decreases their recovery capacity by extending the time taken to return to normal. Firm attributes and worker characteristics play a role in the effect of WFH on firm resilience.
JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Information Science & Library Science
Sonia Schifano, Andrew E. Clark, Samuel Greiff, Claus Vogele, Conchita D'Ambrosio
Summary: This study tracks the well-being of individuals across five European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic and finds that working from home lowers workers' well-being, while those who are not working have the lowest well-being. The panel results show a slight decrease in anxiety when switching to working from home. Higher policy stringency is negatively correlated with well-being. Working from home has a larger negative impact on older individuals, those with higher education, those with young children, and those living in crowded housing.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & PEOPLE
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Jodi Oakman, Natasha Kinsman, Katrina Lambert, Rwth Stuckey, Melissa Graham, Victoria Weale
Summary: This study investigated the impact of mandatory working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental and physical health of employees. The results showed that working from home may have negative effects on employees' well-being, with potential gender differences.
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Urban Studies
Bethany Mayer, Megan Boston
Summary: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a nationwide survey was conducted in New Zealand to investigate the experiences of individuals who worked from home (WFH) during the lockdown. The results showed that the majority of respondents had a positive experience with WFH and expressed a desire to continue with it. The study suggests that the quality of residential housing plays a crucial role in supporting effective WFH.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Zhisheng Chen
Summary: The shift to remote work during the pandemic has led to significant changes in how people work and has impacted both organizations and individuals. HR practitioners need to leverage management innovations to enhance employees' work flexibility and effectively address the challenges posed by remote work.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
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Business
Ting Zhange, Dan Gerlowski, Zoltan Acs
Summary: This study investigates the impact of working from home (WFH) on small business performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research finds that small businesses in states with higher WFH rates performed better with industry variations, and WFH rates continued to increase after stay-at-home orders were lifted. The study suggests that WFH may be a force for creative destruction that accelerates the adoption of WFH and permanently changes industrial structures and work lives.
SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS
(2022)
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Psychology, Applied
Sophie Leroy, Aaron M. Schmidt, Nora Madjar
Summary: The widespread shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in interruptions during work time, particularly nonwork-related interruptions. Female employees reported a more significant increase in interruptions, highlighting gender inequality issues. Different types and sources of interruptions have varying impacts on the balance between work and personal life.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
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Computer Science, Software Engineering
Katharina Mueller, Christian Koch, Dirk Riehle, Michael Stops, Nikolay Harutyunyan
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns forced companies to quickly switch to remote work, posing unique challenges for software development. This research focuses on the challenges faced by software professionals working from home during the pandemic, studied through a case study at a German bank. The study examines communication, collaboration, tooling, and management challenges, and their impact on job satisfaction.
ACM TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND METHODOLOGY
(2023)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Upasana G. Singh, Rashmi Watson, Chenicheri S. Nair
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on women globally, including female academics. Increased workloads, additional domestic responsibilities, and extended working hours have led to high levels of dissatisfaction in this group. This study compares the experiences of female academics in Australia and Africa during the transition to remote work, exploring the challenges, opportunities, and support they have encountered. Using qualitative research methods, an online questionnaire was distributed to female academics in both regions. The findings shed light on workload, motivation, career progression perceptions, and work status.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Sascha Alexander Ruhle, Rene Schmoll
Summary: This study investigates (virtual) sickness presenteeism during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding that the increase in working from home encourages virtual sickness presenteeism while COVID-19 impacts perceptions of health at work.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Judith Derndorfer, Franziska Disslbacher, Vanessa Lechinger, Katharina Mader, Eva Six
Summary: The lockdown resulted in an increase in unpaid work within households, disproportionately borne by women. In Austria during the first COVID-19 lockdown, men were more likely to take on a larger share of housework if they were working from home, either alone or with their female partner. However, men's involvement in childcare increased only when their female partner was not able to work from home.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lara Minkus, Nicolai Groepler, Sonja Drobnic
Summary: Before the pandemic, many employers were hesitant to offer the option of working from home, but remote working has now been widely adopted as a key method to control the spread of the virus. This study investigates how occupational traits, family responsibilities, and gender influence the propensity to work from home. The results show that occupational traits, especially the gender composition of an occupation, significantly affect the opportunity for remote work. Additionally, highly educated individuals and those in high-prestige occupations are more likely to work from home.
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Economics
Matthew J. Beck, David A. Hensher
Summary: This paper extends previous studies on the Australian response to COVID-19 and focuses on the impact and experiences of working from home (WFH) on transport and travel activity. It concludes that WFH is now considered an appealing instrument of change and is likely to receive continued support in the future.
Article
Business, Finance
Tania Babina, Anastassia Fedyk, Alex He, James Hodson
Summary: This study examines the use and economic impact of AI technologies, measuring firm-level AI investments using employee resumes. The findings show a significant increase in AI investments across industries. Companies investing in AI experience higher growth in sales, employment, and market valuations, primarily driven by increased product innovation. The growth powered by AI is concentrated among larger firms and is associated with higher industry concentration.
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Business, Finance
Jens Eisenschmidt, Yiming Ma, Anthony Lee Zhang
Summary: Repo markets play a crucial role in transmitting monetary policy. In the European market, a small number of dealers with significant market power dominate over-the-counter trades, restricting access for non-dealer banks and non-banks. This concentration of power results in inefficient and unequal transmission of the ECB's policy rate. Facilitating access to centralized trading platforms or providing a secured deposit facility with the central bank could enhance the efficiency of monetary policy transmission and reduce dispersion in repo rates among customers.
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Business, Finance
Suresh Sundaresan, Kairong Xiao
Summary: This paper investigates the effects of liquidity regulation on the banking system and finds that the current quantity-based liquidity rule reduces banks' liquidity risks but also leads to a decrease in bank lending and a migration of liquidity risks to non-regulated banks. The analysis suggests that the current liquidity rule can improve the unregulated equilibrium but may have distortionary effects. Introducing a price-based mechanism through a central bank committed liquidity facility could enhance the current quantity-based regulation.
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
