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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Why working from home varies across countries and people.

Pablo Zarate, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J Davis, Mathias Dolls, Cevat Giray Aksoy

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Pablo ZarateDepartment of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540.ORCID 0000-0002-8077-7201
Jose Maria BarreroBusiness School, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico City 10700, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-6708-4056
Nicholas BloomDepartment of Economics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305.ORCID 0000-0002-1600-7819
Steven J DavisHoover Institution at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305.ORCID 0000-0002-5901-7021
Mathias DollsCenter for Macroeconomics and Surveys, ifo Institute, Munich 81679, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0277-6390
Cevat Giray AksoyOffice of the Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Department of Political Economy, King's College London, London E14 4BG, United Kingdom.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigate why work from home (WFH) rates vary so widely across countries using the Global Survey of Working Arrangements (G-SWA). Conducted in late 2024 and early 2025, G-SWA is the only harmonized international survey of remote work, covering 14,427 full-time, college-educated workers across 37 countries. Our analysis finds that cultural individualism accounts for 29 percent of the cross-country variation in WFH rates-more than any other single factor. Industry structure, population density, and economic development account for smaller shares of the cross-country variation. We conclude with brief remarks on the broader role of culture in shaping the future of work and its implications for labor market policy.

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EmploymentTeleworkingAdultCross-Cultural ComparisonFemaleHumansMaleSurveys and Questionnairescultureglobal surveyremote work

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PMID41397138
PMCPMC12745703

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