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Loneliness, Mental Health and the Work-From-Home Revolution -- by Benjamin W. Cowan, Joe M. Spearing
A UK-based academic study using UKHLS data examined the effects of increased remote work since 2020 on loneliness and mental health outcomes. Researchers applied differences-in-differences estimators comparing workers in teleworkable versus non-teleworkable occupations, finding that any adverse effects on self-reported loneliness or mental health symptoms were small and transitory. By 2023, differences between the two groups had largely disappeared, suggesting the work-from-home revolution did n