Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michelle Stansbury is a San Diego-based travel and parenting writer. For many, working from home began as a response to a crisis.

Economics is famous for being the dismal science. Sadly, recent work highlighting the slowdown in productivity growth stretching back to the 1950s is no exception. But I take a more cheerful view ...

Presenteeism, which refers to going to work despite being sick, is common. Research shows that up to 97% of people have engaged in presenteeism. Unfortunately, this has negative effects on the ...

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Home bakers are finding devoted customer bases that allow them to stay home with family and still make a decent living — but ...

I used to have a one-hour commute to and from work. Now, I measure my commute in seconds. I work from home with two young children. Their presence is both a blessing and a nuisance. I sometimes miss ...

A newly published study by economists from the University of Essex and University of Chicago is the latest to demonstrate that our ongoing post-pandemic work-from-home culture is stifling innovation. ...

Working from home has become a fixture of Australian work culture, but its effect on mental health is still widely debated. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Can ...

A former leading grocery and retail boss has blamed working from home for the "general decline" of the British economy, saying that the practice has hit productivity. Remote work, which boomed during ...

Stephen Wood's research was part-supported by a grant from the University of Leicester’s ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (GrantES/T501967/1). More than five years into the homeworking revolution, a ...