Replication Package for "Individualism and Working from Home"

We show that culturally transmitted individualism is an important determinant of working from home (WFH). Using individual-level data from the U.S. Current Population Survey (CPS) and the European Social Survey (ESS), we compare immigrants and their descendants from different cultural backgrounds residing in the same location. A 10-point increase in country-of-origin individualism (0–100 scale) increases the likelihood of WFH by 3.9 percentage points and WFH hours by 1.12 per week in the CPS, and frequent WFH by 2 percentage points in the ESS. Individualism appears to affect WFH partly through higher educational attainment and occupational selection.

本研究表明，文化传承的个人主义是影响远程办公（Working From Home, WFH）的重要决定因素。我们采用美国当前人口调查（Current Population Survey, CPS）与欧洲社会调查（European Social Survey, ESS）的个体层面数据，选取居住在同一地区、来自不同文化背景的移民及其后代开展对比分析。基于CPS数据的结果显示，当来源国个人主义得分（0-100分制）每提升10分时，受访者的远程办公概率将提高3.9个百分点，每周远程办公时长增加1.12小时；基于ESS数据的结果则显示，来源国个人主义得分每提升10分，将使受访者频繁远程办公的概率提升2个百分点。进一步分析显示，个人主义对远程办公的影响部分通过提升受教育水平与优化职业选择实现。