Remote work hasn't actually saved Americans much time — they're mainly just working more

• Not having to commute could mean getting to partake in leisure activities — or more time to get work done.
• A working paper looked at how people working from home are using their time saved by not commuting.
• In the US, 23 minutes of this time saved goes to jobs, 19 minutes on leisure, and four minutes on caregiving.

US workers who get to work from home are using most of their extra time not commuting to work remotely — as opposed to using most of this time on watching TV and other leisure activities or on caregiving duties like childcare.