The value of remote work : a correspondence experiment on tutors

Sofoklis Goulas

This study explores the preference for remote work by sending thousands of randomized messages to tutors advertising on an online platform across Greece. The messages requested either in-person or online tutoring. Requests for online lessons were roughly 50 percent more likely to receive a callback (10.7 vs. 7.3 percent). Female tutors, STEM tutors, and those in high-competition areas showed stronger preferences for online lessons. Tutors favoring remote work also demanded higher premiums for in-person sessions. Survey findings suggest that online tutoring aligns with higher job satisfaction, more employment opportunities, improved instructional effectiveness, and increased tutoring hours.

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Year of publication:	January 2025
Authors:	Goulas, Sofoklis
Publisher:	Bonn, Germany : IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Subject:	remote work \| wages \| in-person wage premium \| online learning \| tutoring \| experiment \| Telearbeit \| Telework \| Lohn \| Wages \| E-Learning \| E-learning \| Bildungsertrag \| Returns to education \| Experiment \| Lohnstruktur \| Wage structure

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 77 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	Discussion paper series / IZA. - Bonn : IZA, ISSN 2365-9793, ZDB-ID 2120053-1. - Vol. no. 17592
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/314489 [Handle]
Classification:	J2 - Time Allocation; Work Behavior; Employment Determination and Creation ; J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs ; J4 - Particular Labor Markets ; J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies ; C93 - Field Experiments
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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