
© Dillon Shook/Unsplash
24.04.2020
How Much Home Office Potential is there in the Austrian Labour Market?
WIFO Research Brief by Julia Bock-Schappelwein
Until now, home office has been an instrument that was addressed to a small number of employed people, if at all, and was often only used temporally. With the measures taken by the Government to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the home became a place of work for many workers more or less overnight.
On the basis of employment by task, WIFO identifies a home office potential of around 45 percent; this potential is slightly higher for women than for men.
Publications
WIFO Research Briefs
24.04.2020
Finalization: April 2020
Specialist publication: WIFO Research Briefs
Please contact

Labour Economics, Income and Social Security
Further news
Exchange with Bulgarian Journalists on Austria's Experience in the Euro Area
15.10.2025
WIFO Research Brief Delivers Detailed Insights
10.10.2025
Videos: Research Seminars with Gabriel Ahlfeldt and Stefanie Peer
10.10.2025
Economic Outlook for 2025 and 2026
07.10.2025
Video: Research Seminar with Susanna Bolz
07.10.2025
Video: Research Seminar with Karolina Bassa
02.10.2025
Video: Research Seminar with Peter H. Egger
01.10.2025
Video: Research Seminar with Michael Pfaffermayr
30.09.2025
Results of the WIFO-Konjunkturtest (Business Cycle Survey) of September 2025
29.09.2025
WIFO's Head of Public Relations Becomes the First Science Spokesperson to Top the Ranking
25.09.2025
Livestream: Press Conference on 7 October 2025
23.09.2025
Research Group Labour Economics, Income and Social Security
15.09.2025
Video: Deputy Director of WIFO Honoured in the Category of Economics
12.09.2025
WIFO Business Cycle Report of September 2025
10.09.2025
Telephone Exchange and Reception
29.08.2025
WWWI: Calendar Weeks 27 to 33 2025
26.08.2025
Retail Business Cycle Report in Cooperation with the Austrian Retail Association
22.08.2025
WIFO Simulations: Targeted Cost Containment of 2.7 billion € in the Pension Sector Requires a Stronger Increase
18.08.2025
WIFO Business Cycle Report of August 2025
11.08.2025
Results of the WIFO-Konjunkturtest (Business Cycle Survey) of July 2025
30.07.2025
WIFO Flash Estimate
30.07.2025
WWWI: Calendar Weeks 23 to 28 2025
22.07.2025
Proper Use of Generative Models of Artificial Intelligence
22.07.2025
Research Group Macroeconomics and Public Finance
21.07.2025