Under the hypothesis that workers become distracted and spend less time working during the COVID-19 pandemic, we analyze, via a model of endogenous growth, the relationship between distracting activities and home office supply. We find a strong theoretical relation between the intertemporal elasticity of substitution of the time spent on distracting activities and the intertemporal elasticity of substitution of home office labor. We also analyze the effect that the intertemporal elasticity of substitution of home office labor has on the marginal productivity of effective labor and the growth rate of production.

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在 COVID-19 大流行期间分散注意力的活动及其与劳动力供应的关系

在 COVID-19 大流行期间员工分心且工作时间减少的假设下，我们通过内生增长模型分析分心活动与家庭办公室供应之间的关系。我们发现花在分心活动上的时间的跨期替代弹性与在家办公的劳动力替代的跨期弹性之间存在很强的理论关系。我们还分析了在家办公劳动力替代的跨期弹性对有效劳动力边际生产率和生产增长率的影响。