Mental Health Consequences of Working from Home during the Pandemic

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This paper examines the effects of working from home on mental health, with particular attention to the role of home environments. Using unique real time survey data from South Korea collected during the COVID-19 pandemic, we find that working from home negatively affects the mental health of workers, with greater effects on women and those who are primarily responsible for housework while also maintaining market work. Surprisingly, workers who live with children in the household do not suffer from the negative effects of working from home. Our findings suggest that family-work interaction may be an important factor in the optimal design of working from home.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 960 [rev.]

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation ; Organization of Production ; Personal, Professional, and Business Services ; Production Management ; Personnel Economics: Labor Management
• Subject: Working from home ; home working ; remote work ; COVID-19 ; mental health ; subjective well-being

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kim, Jun Hyung ; Koh, Yu Kyung ; Park, Jinseong
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Global Labor Organization (GLO)
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/248702
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET