Working Papers

The WNE Working Papers series has been published by the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw since 2008.

The WNE Working Papers series provides a fast, open channel for disseminating research conducted at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw. The papers hosted here are working versions (pre-prints) and may evolve as authors refine their analyses, incorporate feedback, or progress through formal peer-review. What you read is the current version released by the authors, timestamped and assigned DOI/ISSN identifiers to ensure precise citation and version tracking. Copyright remains with the authors, who may, at any time, upload a revised file or add a note directing readers to a later, peer-reviewed publication.

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WP(18/2025)481. The Role of Working-From-Home for Maternal Employment Re-Entry after Childbirth

Authors: Kurowska Anna, Matysiak Anna, Osiewalska Beata
This study investigates how work-from-home (WFH) —by mothers and their male partners—shapes maternal employment re-entry after childbirth. Drawing on Conservation of Resources and Boundary Management theories, the study distinguishes betw…

WP481. The Role of Working-From-Home for Maternal Employment Re-Entry after Childbirth

This study investigates how work-from-home (WFH) —by mothers and their male partners—shapes maternal employment re-entry after childbirth. Drawing on Conservation of Resources and Boundary Management theories, the study distinguishes between WFH access and regular use. It hypothesizes that regular WFH use by mothers and their partners supports earlier and full-time maternal return to paid work, particularly among second-time mothers. The UK Household Longitudinal Study (2009–2019) is used to estimate discrete-time hazard models of return to paid work after first and second births, distinguishing between full-time and part-time re-entry. Among first-time mothers, both WFH access and regular use are associated with a greater likelihood of full-time re-entry, though not with overall return. Among second-time mothers, regular pre-birth WFH use significantly increases the likelihood of returning to paid work—regardless of hours—whereas access alone does not. No significant associations are found between male partners’ WFH and maternal employment outcomes.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.33138/2957-0506.2025.18.481
Kurowska Anna, Matysiak Anna, Osiewalska Beata
childbirth flexibility remote work return to work telework work from home United Kingdom

WP(1/2023)408. Gender and family perspectives on the uptake of ICT-induced home-based work

Authors: Cukrowska-Torzewska Ewa, Matysiak Anna, Kasperska Agnieszka
This article examines how men and women exploited the work location flexibility enabled by ICT in the context of their family obligations prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. We use the 2015 European Working Conditions Survey for 30 European countries and…

WP408. Gender and family perspectives on the uptake of ICT-induced home-based work

This article examines how men and women exploited the work location flexibility enabled by ICT in the context of their family obligations prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. We use the 2015 European Working Conditions Survey for 30 European countries and estimate a set of multinomial logistic regression models, with the dependent variable measuring the frequency of home-based work. We find that when using ICT at work, men were more likely to work from home, both occasionally and more frequently whereas women were more likely to engage in sporadic home-based work but less likely to do so frequently. These results are particularly true for parents, except for single mothers of young children. As single mothers cannot rely on partners’ support in combining paid work and care, the advantages of home-based telework (time savings, flexible time organization) outweigh the negative consequences of this work arrangement.


Cukrowska-Torzewska Ewa, Matysiak Anna, Kasperska Agnieszka
family gender home-based telework ICT use remote work teleworkers

WP(22/2022)398. Working from home during Covid-19 pandemic and changes to fertility intentions among parents

Authors: Kurowska Anna, Matysiak Anna, Osiewalska Beata
The Covid-19 pandemic and related massive spread of home based work led to substantial changes in the conditions for combining work and childbearing. On the one hand, working from home helped parents to accommodate increased childcare needs. On the o…

WP398. Working from home during Covid-19 pandemic and changes to fertility intentions among parents

The Covid-19 pandemic and related massive spread of home based work led to substantial changes in the conditions for combining work and childbearing. On the one hand, working from home helped parents to accommodate increased childcare needs. On the other, it led to blurred boundaries between work and family life during lockdowns. We investigate how working from home was related to change in fertility intentions of mothers and fathers during the pandemic and discuss the complex mechanisms behind these relationships. With the use of unique Familydemic Survey data for Poland, we estimate multinomial logit regressions and consider a set of potential moderators. We find evidence for an overall negative relationship between home based work and fertility intentions for mothers and fathers, but we also uncover some positive moderating effects. In particular, we shed light on the unexpected moderating role of gendered division of unpaid labor from before the pandemic. 


Kurowska Anna, Matysiak Anna, Osiewalska Beata
fertility intentions childbearing decisions Covid-19 pandemic coronavirus pandemic working from home telecommuting telework home based work work-family reconciliation work-family conflict parents gender relations division of unpaid work
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