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Title: The Geography of Remote Work

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Publication Year: 2020

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Abstract: We show that cities with higher population density specialize in high-skill service jobs that can be done remotely. The urban and industry bias of remote work potential shaped the recent pandemic's economic impact. Many high-skill service workers started to work remotely, withdrawing spending from big-city consumer service industries dependent on their demand. As a result, low-skill service workers in big cities bore most of the recent pandemic's economic impact. Our findings have broader implications for the distributional consequences of the U.S. econ-omy's transition to more remote work.

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Authors: Althoff, Lukas; Eckert, Fabian; Ganapati, Sharat; Walsh, Conor

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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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