Workers freed from commuting spent their time differently

Why it matters: The shift to working-from-home has saved Americans more than 9 billion hours in commute time in the last seven months. Nine BILLION!!! 

That's a huge chunk of time, so researchers looked into how people are spending this newfound "free" time. More than a third of people are spending it working their primary job. Almost 30% of people are spending the time participating in leisure activities and/or exercising.

Full Story: University of Chicago/Becker Friedman Institute (9/21)