Are Workers More Productive at Home? (2024)

Justin Fox, Columnist

A conversationwith Stanford economistNick Bloom on a surprising findfromthe pandemic:remote work is fueling economic growth.

Are Workers More Productive at Home? (1)

Justin Fox is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business, economics and other topics involving charts. A former editorial director of the Harvard Business Review, he is author of “The Myth of the Rational Market.”

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This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve the world’s most pressing policy challenges. It has been edited for length and clarity.

Justin Fox: The remote work revolution unleashed by the pandemic has brought huge changes in the labor market, with social and economic implications that we’ll be dealing with for generations. You’ve been one of the most important chroniclers and analysts of this phenomenon. But you started looking at it well before March 2020, right?

Are Workers More Productive at Home? (2024)
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