Table 2.
Likelihood of pandemic-related remote work (using monthly CPS data, May 2020–September 2022)
| (1) Month Only |
(2) Month + Occ/Ind |
(3) Month + Dem. Char |
(4) Month + Occ/Ind + Dem. Char |
(5) Sep. Disability + Full Controls |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disability | − 0.023** (0.003) |
0.000 (0.002) |
0.016** (0.003) |
0.016** (0.002) |
|
| Disability type | |||||
| Hearing impairment | 0.003 (0.002) |
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| Visual impairment | − 0.002 (0.004) |
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| Cognitive impairment | 0.031** (0.003) |
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| Mobility impairment | 0.013** (0.003) |
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| Difficulty dressing or bathing | − 0.008 (0.007) |
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| Difficulty going outside alone | 0.006 (0.005) |
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| Woman | 0.019** (0.001) |
0.018** (0.001) |
0.018** (0.001) |
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| Race/ethnicity (White non-Hispanic excluded) | |||||
| Black non-Hispanic | − 0.013** (0.002) |
0.003** (0.001) |
0.003** (0.001) |
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| Hispanic/Latinx | − 0.014** (0.002) |
0.002** (0.001) |
0.002** (0.001) |
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| Other race/ethnicity | 0.059** (0.003) |
0.045** (0.001) |
0.045** (0.001) |
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| Age (18–34 excluded) | |||||
| Age 35–49 dummy | 0.010** (0.002) |
0.000 (0.001) |
0.000 (0.001) |
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| Age 49–64 dummy | − 0.005** (0.002) |
− 0.015** (0.001) |
− 0.015** (0.001) |
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| Age 64–99 dummy | − 0.022** (0.002) |
− 0.032** (0.001) |
− 0.031** (0.001) |
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| Education (no HS degree excluded) | |||||
| High school degree/GED | 0.021** (0.001) |
− 0.004** (0.001) |
− 0.004** (0.001) |
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| Associate’s degree or some college | 0.069** (0.001) |
0.010** (0.001) |
0.010** (0.001) |
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| Bachelor’s degree | 0.220** (0.002) |
0.081** (0.001) |
0.081** (0.001) |
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| Graduate degree | 0.303** (0.002) |
0.145** (0.002) |
0.145** (0.002) |
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| Number of children under age 18 | − 0.004** (0.001) |
− 0.002** (0.000) |
− 0.002** (0.000) |
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| Part-time worker | − 0.062** (0.001) |
− 0.029** (0.001) |
− 0.029** (0.001) |
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| Self-employed | − 0.039** (0.002) |
− 0.040** (0.001) |
− 0.040** (0.001) |
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| Constant | 0.358** (0.003) |
0.273** (0.005) |
0.230** (0.003) |
0.248** (0.005) |
0.248** (0.005) |
| Month/year dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 524 occupation dummies | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| 51 industry dummies | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Adjusted R-squared | 0.043 | 0.232 | 0.149 | 0.248 | 0.248 |
Authors’ computations using CPS data for May 2020–September 2022 (the period when the CPS included the remote work question in their survey). N = 1,381,695 in all regressions. The dependent variable is whether or not someone is working remotely. Based on linear probability regressions. Robust standard errors in parentheses. The notation ** is p < 0.01, * is p < 0.05