Exposure to remote work and probability of long-distance commuting: evidence from pandemic lockdowns

Eleanor Johansson (), Pia Nilsson, Johan P Larsson (), Lucia Naldi () and Hans Westlund
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Eleanor Johansson: Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
Johan P Larsson: Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, UK.
Lucia Naldi: Centre for Family Business and Entrepreneurship CeFEO, Jönköping University, Jönköping Sweden.

No 498, Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation from Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies

Abstract: In this paper, 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. We find that employees with little experience of longer commutes 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 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.

Keywords: Labour mobility; Commuting distance; Remote work: Knowledge-intensive sectors; Covid-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J61 R10 R30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2024-05-23, Revised 2025-02-24
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