Brent Neiman and I wrote a paper that tackles a simple question: “How Many Jobs Can be Done at Home?” The latest draft (April 16) is here. The full replication package is available on GitHub.

We estimate that 37% of US jobs, accounting for 46% of wages, can be performed entirely at home. Applying our occupational classifications to 85 other countries reveals that lower-income economies have a lower share of jobs that can be done at home.

This simple question is suddenly very important during this pandemic. See the Economist and Wall Street Journal for their reactions. I did an video interview with CEPR about our paper, which includes some thoughts about offshoring and the future of telecommuting. My comments to Vice appeared in a story titled “You’re Not Going Back to Normal Office Life for a Long, Long Time“.