Homeworking in Italy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Preliminary European Labour Force Survey Results

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Abstract: This paper explores how the Italian homeworking landscape transformed during the 2020 pandemic in relation to the broader European context. After providing an overview of the history of homeworking in pre-pandemic Italy and Europe, I analyze 2020 homeworking data from national statistics institutes of individual countries collected as part of the European Union Labour Force Survey. I frame my study of homeworking within the three-element scheme proposed by Lutz Gschwind and Oscar Vargas in Telework in the 21st Century. While fluctuations in 2020 homeworking trends in Italy can be attributed to the unstable nature of the pandemic, I argue that the country’s volatile and short-term adoption of flexible working arrangements stems from barriers posed by employment regulation, working culture, and information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure. My analysis takes into consideration the historical territorial divides on the Italian peninsula, as well as the “teleworkability” of–or the feasibility of implementing homeworking arrangements in–different economic sectors.

Type of resource	text
Date created	May 2021

Author	Ghisolfi, Caroline
Primary advisor	Jay Hamilton
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Department of Communication

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/dd331tq0265

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Preferred Citation: Ghisolfi, Caroline. (2021). Homeworking in Italy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Preliminary European Labour Force Survey Results. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/dd331tq0265

Undergraduate Honors Theses, Department of Communication, Stanford University

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