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Published Year: 2025
Survey/Program(s): Office of Productivity and Technology
Catalog: Economic Working Paper
WP Number: WP-581
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Couples’ Remote Work Arrangements and Labor Supply
Abstract
Using recent data on work-from-home intensity from the Current Population Survey, the authors study couples’ work location arrangements and labor supply decisions. They investigate whether one partner’s remote or hybrid work arrangement is associated with the other partner’s employment, whether remote and hybrid work are clustered within dual-earner couples, and how hours worked relate to couple-level work arrangements. They explore differences by sex and family structure, paying particular attention to households with young children for whom caregiving demands are the most intensive. Fathers’ remote/hybrid work arrangements are strongly positively associated with mothers’ employment status. Among dual-earner couples, there is a strong positive correlation between partners’ work-from-home intensities. Remote workers work fewer hours for pay than onsite workers, while hybrid workers work more. Hours worked are also associated with partners’ work arrangements, with couple-level hours being the highest when both are hybrid and the lowest when both are remote.