One of the most obvious impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor force is the dramatic increase in employees working remotely. As many nations placed lockdown orders, K-12 schools temporarily shut down, and the children’s education was relocated to the internet. As a result, working parents who worked from home had to care for their children during working hours. My thesis explores the impact of living with children on the efficiency of working from home in the context of the covid-19 pandemic, using survey data from the U.S residents.
