%0 Report
        %A Achard, Pascal
%A Belot, Michèle
%A Chevalier, Arnaud
        %T When Parents Work from Home
        %D 2025
        %8 2025 Jun
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 17957
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17957
        %X 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.
        %K working from home
%K test scores
%K work-life balance
%K remote work
%K teleworking
%K work flexibility