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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP15669 |
DP15669 Working from home: Too much of a good thing? | |
Kristian Behrens; Sergey Kichko; Jacques-François Thisse | |
发表日期 | 2021-01-14 |
出版年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | We develop a general equilibrium model with three primary production factors---land, skilled, and unskilled labor---and three sectors---construction, intermediate inputs, and final consumption---to study how different intensities of telecommuting affect the efficiency of firms that embrace home working, as well as its impact on the whole economy. In doing so, we pay particular attention to the effects of increasing working from home (WFH) that go through changes in the production and consumption of buildings: more WFH reduces firms' demands for office space, but increases workers' demand for living space since additional room is required to work from home. We find that more WFH is a mixed blessing: the relationship between telecommuting and productivity or GDP is ∩-shaped, whereas telecommuting raises income inequality. Hence, WFH is not a panacea since an excessive downscaling of workspaces may be damaging to all and exacerbate economic inequality. |
主题 | International Trade and Regional Economics ; Labour Economics |
关键词 | Working from home Alternative work arrangements Telecommuting Housing Office Land |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp15669-0 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/544680 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kristian Behrens,Sergey Kichko,Jacques-François Thisse. DP15669 Working from home: Too much of a good thing?. 2021. |
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