COVID-19 and Telework: An International Comparison

This paper uses identical surveys conducted in July 2020 eight countries – U.S., U.K., Germany, Italy, Sweden, China, South Korea, and Japan examines teleworking within across these countries. We seek to answer the following questions: (1) Which demographic socioeconomic groups are more likely telework? (2) Is there any association between telework other work-related experiences such as life satisfaction perceived productivity at work? Across countries, we observe that was higher imposed strict lockdowns, lower had soft Japan. Within each country, notable differences low- high-income persons, those employed small versus large firms. also find people who used before COVID-19 report compared started using for first time after outbreak.