원격 근무는 출퇴근 시간이 줄어들지만 더 많은 시간을 일할 수 있음을 의미합니다.

새로운 연구에 따르면 원격 근무를 하는 사람들은 출퇴근에 사용했던 많은 시간을 더 많은 작업에 사용하고 있습니다.  

National Bureau of Economic Research 작업 문서의 연구자들은 재택 근무 시 시간 절약, estimate that people who WFH use 40% of their commute-time savings on working on primary and secondary jobs. A further 34% goes to leisure, and 11% goes to caregiving. 

"이러한 결과는 시간 절약의 상당 부분이 고용주에게 돌아가고 어린이 및 기타 간병 수혜자에게도 혜택이 있음을 시사합니다."라고 연구원은 썼습니다. 

The researchers used data collected from 18,995 workers surveyed in 27 countries between 2021 and 2022. The average time savings across countries amounted to 72 minutes per day, which used to go towards unpaid hours commuting. In the US, time savings when WFH amounted to 55 minutes, compared to 99-102 minutes across India, Japan, and China. The US was at the low end of scale of time saved by WFH. 

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The US was fairly close to the average in each of the metrics. Those in the US who WFH spent 42% of their former commute time on work, 35% on leisure, and 8% on caregiving. 

Nations that spent the most of the extra time from WFH on work included Taiwan (53%), Singapore (53%), Malaysia (53%), India (47%), and China (46%). Respondents in Austria, Spain, and Germany allocated more than 40% of their time savings to leisure. 

However, the study noted the benefits of remote work can go further. The full private value of working from home is greater for several reasons, it notes, pointing out that avoiding the commute brings financial savings as well as time savings. Workers spend less time grooming and getting ready for work when they WFH, while working from home also offers more flexibility in time used over the day, and greater personal autonomy. 

"결론은 일주일에 XNUMX~XNUMX일 재택근무의 직접적인 사적 가치가 출퇴근 시간 절약에 적용되는 이동 시간 평가에서 제안한 것보다 크다는 것입니다."라고 연구는 말했습니다.

A similar study by researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last year found that Americans were allocating their saved commute time toward work, leisure activities, and sleeping, but they had reduced overall paid work hours because they were doing other activities, such as sport and leisure. 

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