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Commuting longer to reach the workplace: evidence from pandemic lockdowns

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  • Nilsson, Pia

    (Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.)

  • Johansson, Eleanor

    (Department of Economics, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.)

  • Larsson, Johan P

    (Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, UK.)

  • Naldi, Lucia

    (Centre for Family Business and Entrepreneurship CeFEO, Jönköping University, Jönköping Sweden.)

  • Westlund, Hans

    (Department of Urban and Regional Studies, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.)

Abstract

We investigate how the lockdown-induced exposure to remote work affected the likelihood of switching to longer commutes using a longitudinal full-population register of Swedish employees. Employees with little experience of long distance commuting were more likely to start commuting longer if they had occupations with high potential for remote work. Examining heterogeneity across sectors, this is especially evident among high-skilled workers in sectors with both high and low pre-existing shares of remote work and longer commutes. Our findings are important for understanding regional expansion and spatial extensions of labour markets in a world where more work can be done remotely.

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  • Nilsson, Pia & Johansson, Eleanor & Larsson, Johan P & Naldi, Lucia & Westlund, Hans, 2024. "Commuting longer to reach the workplace: evidence from pandemic lockdowns," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation 498, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:cesisp:0498
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    Keywords

    Labour mobility; Commuting distance; Remote work: Knowledge-intensive sectors; Covid-19;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • R10 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General
    • R30 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - General

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