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The new geography of remote jobs in Europe

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  • Luca, Davide
  • Özgüzel, Cem
  • Wei, Zhiwu

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The paper maps the diffusion of working from home across 30 European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. We summarise the determinants of remote working and show that its uptake was lower than in the United States, and substantially uneven across/within countries, with most remote jobs concentrated in cities and capital regions. We then apply a variance decomposition procedure to investigate whether the uneven distribution of remote jobs can be attributed to individual or territorial factors. Results underscore the importance of composition effects as, compared with intermediate-density and rural areas, cities hosted more workers in occupations/sectors more amenable to working remotely.

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  • Luca, Davide & Özgüzel, Cem & Wei, Zhiwu, 2024. "The new geography of remote jobs in Europe," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 123880, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; Europe; remote work; telework; work from home;
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    JEL classification:

    • R14 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns
    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General

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