Table 5.
Direct elasticity of choice.
| Working from Home Days per week: | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Have a choice to work from home pre-COVID-19 | −0.301 (−0.817) |
−0.056 (−0.726) |
0.136 (−0.546) |
0.281 (−0.145) |
0.372 (0.393) |
0.487 (2.715) |
| Employer directs employee to work from home post-COVID-19 | −0.875 (−1.213) |
−0.244 (−0.720) |
0.269 (−0.405) |
0.745 (−0.097) |
1.119 (0.688) |
1.746 (3.233) |
| Type of work can be completed from home | 0.494 (0.605) |
−0.044 (0.179) |
−0.287 (−0.087) |
−0.421 (−0.398) |
−0.489 (−0.627) |
−0.562 (−0.943) |
| Urban location | −0.091 (−0.269) |
−0.004 (−0.146) |
0.049 (−0.024) |
0.082 (0.150) |
0.101 (0.297) |
0.122 (0.525) |
| Occupation (ABS 8 classes): | ||||||
| Technicians and trades | (0.541) | (0.087) | (−0.148) | (−0.387) | (−0.543) | (−0.724) |
| Community and personal services | 0.345 | −0.032 | −0.203 | −0.295 | −0.341 | −0.387 |
| Clerical and administration | 0.313 | −0.016 | −0.180 | −0.273 | −0.321 | −0.371 |
| Sales | 0.262 | −0.010 | −0.150 | −0.230 | −0.272 | −0.315 |
| Annual household income | (−0.188) | (−0.099) | (−0.013) | (0.109) | (0.210) | (0.358) |
| Productivity when WFH – lot less and little less | −0.295 | −0.061 | 0.129 | 0.276 | 0.369 | 0.488 |
| Productivity when WFH –little more and lot more | −0.459 | −0.122 | 0.177 | 0.426 | 0.597 | 0.832 |
| Appropriate space to work – strongly disagree, disagree & somewhat disagree | −0.857 | −0.527 | −0.078 | 0.521 | 1.155 | 2.769 |
| Appropriate space to work – somewhat agree, agree & strongly agree | −0.905 | −0.148 | 0.362 | 0.782 | 1.085 | 1.544 |
| WFH has a positive experience – strongly disagree, disagree & somewhat disagree | −0.612 | −0.281 | 0.110 | 0.526 | 0.871 | 1.468 |
| WFH has a positive experience - somewhat agree, agree & strongly agree | −0.388 | −0.048 | 0.189 | 0.356 | 0.458 | 0.581 |
| Like to WFH more often - strongly disagree, disagree &somewhat disagree | −0.483 | −0.192 | 0.128 | 0.439 | 0.676 | 1.042 |
| Like to WFH more often - somewhat agree, agree & strongly agree | −0.533 | −0.079 | 0.245 | 0.486 | 0.639 | 0.836 |
| I trust government to respond in the future – somewhat and strongly agree | 0.096 | 0.009 | −0.049 | −0.088 | −0.111 | −0.137 |
| I will go to work from time to time – disagree & strongly disagree | 0.281 | −0.012 | −0.161 | −0.246 | −0.290 | −0.336 |
| I will go to work from time to time – agree & strongly agree | 0.369 | 0.025 | −0.191 | −0.334 | −0.417 | −0.513 |
Note: Measures are associated with the number of days WFH with respect to given variable in Wave 2 (Wave 1 in brackets).
Note: The elasticity as a percent change equals the partial effect/probability of WFH for that response level. All elasticities are statistically significant at the 95% confidence level or better and are available on request.