ABSTRACT
The study aims to contribute to the debate on the interaction between technological change and persistent gender inequalities in paid and unpaid work by exploring the challenges posed to job quality by remote work from home (encompassing telework and online platform work) in the European context. The investigation examines the opportunities and risks of remote work for progress towards gender equality in both paid and unpaid work, utilising large-scale cross-national survey data. It examines gender differences in the uptake of remote work and the role of parental status, and gender differences in job quality, including working time quality, family-to-work conflict, and career prospects and opportunities. The findings reveal that the impact of digitalisation, which enhances temporal and spatial work flexibility, materialises differently for men and women, and it is particularly mothers of young children who face significant challenges and trade-offs in relation to different aspects of job quality compared to men.
