Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation,
Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies
No 498: 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.
Pia Nilsson: 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.
Hans Westlund: Department of Urban and Regional Studies, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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
Language: English
25 pages, First version: May 23, 2024. Revised: February 24, 2025.
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