Jan Bietenbeck
@jbietenbeck.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics at Lund University with research interests in labor and education.
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📄 “Individualism and Working from Home”
Economic Inquiry (2025) — Open Access
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecin.70037
📄 “Individualism and Working from Home”
Economic Inquiry (2025) — Open Access
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecin.70037
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 So...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🔍 Want more details?
📄 “Individualism and Working from Home”
Economic Inquiry (2025) — Open Access
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecin.70037
📄 “Individualism and Working from Home”
Economic Inquiry (2025) — Open Access
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecin.70037
We find that across both US (CPS) and Europe (ESS), people from more individualistic cultures are much more likely to work from home — even within the same city and occupation.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
We find that across both US (CPS) and Europe (ESS), people from more individualistic cultures are much more likely to work from home — even within the same city and occupation.
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🧩 Correlation or causation?
To isolate the influence of individualism from institutional and economic confounders, we compare immigrants living in the same labor markets but coming from different cultural backgrounds.
🧩 Correlation or causation?
To isolate the influence of individualism from institutional and economic confounders, we compare immigrants living in the same labor markets but coming from different cultural backgrounds.
December 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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🧩 Correlation or causation?
To isolate the influence of individualism from institutional and economic confounders, we compare immigrants living in the same labor markets but coming from different cultural backgrounds.
🧩 Correlation or causation?
To isolate the influence of individualism from institutional and economic confounders, we compare immigrants living in the same labor markets but coming from different cultural backgrounds.
Thanks so much :) Happy to hear that someone is using them!
August 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thanks so much :) Happy to hear that someone is using them!
Reposted by Jan Bietenbeck
9/ Based on our initial and extended replications, we wonder: how can the editor still trust the results of this paper? If this case does not meet the criteria for retraction, what does?
May 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
9/ Based on our initial and extended replications, we wonder: how can the editor still trust the results of this paper? If this case does not meet the criteria for retraction, what does?
It was great having you here! And what a fascinating paper! Looking forward to catching up again soon.
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
It was great having you here! And what a fascinating paper! Looking forward to catching up again soon.