New Findings from Federal Reserve Bank in the Area of CDC and FDA Described (Measuring Trends In Work From Home: Evidence From Six Us Datasets): CDC and FDA

2026 FEB 26 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at CDC & FDA Daily -- Investigators publish new report on CDC and FDA. According to news reporting originating in St. Louis, Missouri, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This article documents the prevalence of work from home (WFH) using six nationally representative U.S. surveys. These surveys measure WFH using different questions, reference periods, samples, and survey collection methods.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Federal Reserve Bank, “After constructing comparable samples and WFH measures across surveys, we find that the surveys show broadly similar trends in the trajectory of aggregate WFH since the COVID-19 outbreak. The most important source of disagreement in WFH levels across surveys is in WFH by self-employed workers; by contrast, WFH rates for employees are closely aligned across surveys. All surveys show that, in 2024, WFH remains substantially above pre-pandemic levels. We also highlight that while full-time WFH drove most of the increase in aggregate WFH during and after the pandemic, part-time WFH has become a more significant contributor since 2022.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Finally, we validate the findings from the survey data by comparing self-reported commuting behavior to cell phone geolocation data from Google Workplace Visits.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Measuring Trends In Work From Home: Evidence From Six Us Datasets. Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review, 2025;107(15):1-23. Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review can be contacted at: Federal Reserve Bank St Louis, Box 442, St Louis, MO 63166, USA.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Alexander Bick, Federal Reserve Bank, St. Louis, MO 63102, United States. Additional authors for this research include Adam Blandin, Aidan Caplan and Tristan Caplan.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.20955/r.2025.15. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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