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Title: An Examination of Incentive Programs to Attract Remote Workers
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2022
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Abstract: The rise of remote work across the United States has corresponded with an increase in a new type of local economic development strategy: remote worker attraction incentive programs. The first remote worker attraction incentive program was implemented in 2018 by the state of Vermont, followed quickly by the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic changed the nature of work for many Americans, and the use of these attraction programs escalated quickly. Now, dozens of communities across the country have established remote worker incentive programs, seeking to benefit from the disentanglement of office space and work enabled by both new norms and new technologies. This brief conducts a preliminary national analysis of remote work attraction programs by identifying trends in their adoption, structure, and programmatic goals. The rise of this tool, with its focus on individual community investment rather than traditional models of employer attraction or workforce development, has the potential to reshape economic development policy at the local level. We chose to investigate 26 programs covering 36 counties and municipalities across the United States. To better understand the impact of remote worker incentive programs at the local level, we excluded those programs run at the state level. We collected population, age, employment, and income data on participating geographies to explore what may motivate communities to use this attraction tool.
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Authors: Schnoke, Molly; Yochum, Jack; Frantz, Madeline; Figueroa, Georgina
Series Title: Maxine GoodMan Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications
Publication Number: 10-2022
Institution: Cleveland State University
Pages: 1-10
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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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