@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp17957,
            	author={Achard, Pascal and Belot, Michèle and Chevalier, Arnaud},
            	title={When Parents Work from Home},
            	year={2025},
	month={Jun},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={17957},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17957},
	abstract={This paper estimates the causal effect of parental right to work from home (WfH) on
children’s educational attainment. Using administrative data from the Netherlands
and variations in firm-specific WfH policies, which generate natural experiments,
we find that children whose parents gain the right to WfH improve their scores on
a high-stakes exam by 9% of a standard deviation. This results in a 4 percentage
points upswing in qualifying for a general or academic track in secondary school.
Additionally, using the labor force survey, we find that changes in WfH policies are
associated with a 17 percentage points increase in WfH propensity, but no change
in hours worked or income. These results highlight the large potential benefits of
remote work in supporting families and their children.},
	keywords={working from home;test scores;work-life balance;remote work;teleworking;work flexibility},
            }