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Exploring policy options on teleworking: Steering local economic and employment development in the time of remote work

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This paper explores and classifies some of the most common policy options adopted by national, regional and local policy makers in the context of or prior to the COVID-19 pandemic to enable, encourage and make the most of teleworking. It also considers efforts to foster the attraction and retention of remote workers and entrepreneurs in particular places. The current crisis represents, among other things, a mass experiment in teleworking, unprecedented in size and scope. A shift towards large-scale, long-lasting teleworking would have profound implications for the geography of local employment. However, SMEs may be less equipped than larger firms to face this change. Public policy can play an important role in turning teleworking into an opportunity for all, to minimise the potential of widening pre-existing disparities between people, places and firms.

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  • Oecd, 2020. "Exploring policy options on teleworking: Steering local economic and employment development in the time of remote work," OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Papers 2020/10, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:cfeaaa:2020/10-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5738b561-en
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    1. Südekum, Jens, 2021. "Place-based policies - How to do them and why," DICE Discussion Papers 367, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE).
    2. Marco Cellini & Lucio Pisacane & Massimo Crescimbene & Fabio Felice, 2021. "Exploring Employee Perceptions towards Smart Working during the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Comparative Analysis of Two Italian Public Research Organizations," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 21(4), pages 815-833, December.

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    Keywords

    future of work; geography of jobs; local employment; SMEs; teleworking;
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    JEL classification:

    • J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
    • J88 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Public Policy
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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