Even woke economists would realize that lockdowns might confound the analysis. Not sure about non-economists.

> you would expect a broader societal trend to have a similar impact on both types.

Aah, I see it's a clever selection/filtering mechanism. I see... It just struck me as immediately inapplicable ("look, our cancer-curing drug had no effect on people without diagnosed cancer!")

Your broader point is even more interesting, yet I doubt these woke(?) authors could even conceive of that idea

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Without diving into the details, which I don't plan on doing, I think the point is to show that the mental health measures only worsened for the group that decreased their in-person work.

Selection across these types of workers rules out simply comparing levels, but you would expect a broader societal trend to have a similar impact on both types.

My concern is that remote work largely ramped up with the covid insanity and remote capable workers probably bought into it way more than others. I would be curious how/if they remove the effect of the relentless propaganda campaign 

that was intended to increase social isolation

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From 'Bowling Alone' to Typing Alone: Hidden Cost of WFH Revolution(NYT, op-ed)

> Not sure *that's* a particularly great study design

Without diving into the details, which I don't plan on doing, I think the point is to show that the mental health measures only worsened for the group that decreased their in-person work.

Selection across these types of workers rules out simply comparing levels, but you would expect a broader societal trend to have a similar impact on both types.

My concern is that remote work largely ramped up with the covid insanity and remote capable workers probably bought into it way more than others. I would be curious how/if they remove the effect of the relentless propaganda campaign *that was intended to increase social isolation*.