Working at Home: Is there any evidence to suggest working from home improves efficiency or productivity?

Yes. Recent work done by Stanford University researchers has shown that the stigma associated with working from home may be unjustified. They looked at 13,000 workers from one company and found that employees working from home, as opposed to their colleagues who worked in the office:

• were 12% more productive (8.5% worked more hours, taking less breaks and fewer sick days and 3.5% had higher performance rates per minute, hypothesized to be due to quieter working conditions)
• had 50% less attrition
• reported higher feelings of work satisfaction

Full study here: http://www.stanford.edu/~nbloom/...