@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp13620, author={Angelucci, Manuela and Angrisani, Marco and Bennett, Daniel M and Kapteyn, Arie and Schaner, Simone G.}, title={Remote Work and the Heterogeneous Impact of COVID-19 on Employment and Health}, year={2020}, month={Aug}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={13620}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13620}, abstract={This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment and respiratory health for remote workers (i.e. those who can work from home) and non-remote workers in the United States. Using a large, nationally-representative, high-frequency panel dataset from March through July of 2020, we show that job losses were up to three times as large for non-remote workers. This gap is larger than the differential job losses for women, African Americans, Hispanics, or workers without college degrees. Non-remote workers also experienced relatively worse respiratory health, which likely occurred because it was more difficult for non-remote workers to protect themselves. Grouping workers by pre-pandemic household income shows that job losses and, to a lesser extent, health losses were highest among non-remote workers from low-income households, exacerbating existing disparities. Finally, we show that lifting non-essential business closures did not substantially increase employment.}, keywords={COVID-19;employment;working from home}, }