The work-from-home technology boon and its consequences

MA Davis, AC Ghent, J Gregory - Review of Economic Studies, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We study the impact of widespread adoption of work-from-home (WFH) technology using an
equilibrium model where people choose where to live, how to allocate their time between …

The Zoom city: working from home, urban productivity and land use

E Kyriakopoulou, PM Picard - Journal of Economic Geography, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This article investigates the impact of working from home (WFH) on the emergence and
structure of monocentric cities. In the long run, WFH raises urban productivity only in …

The effect of working from home on the agglomeration economies of cities: Evidence from advertised wages

S Liu, Y Su - Available at SSRN 4109630, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Using advertised wages from job postings, we show that occupations with high levels of
working from home (WFH) adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic saw a strong decrease …

The geography of breakthrough invention in the United States over the 20th century

CR Esposito - Research Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The geography of breakthrough invention in the US–defined as the spatial distribution of the
production of patents that are both novel and impactful–underwent three broad changes …

Attenuation of agglomeration economies: Evidence from the universe of Chinese manufacturing firms

J Li, L Li, S Liu - Journal of Urban Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper quantifies industry-specific spatial attenuation of agglomeration economies by
taking advantage of unique geocoded administrative data on the universe of Chinese …

Is distance really dying? Transportation and knowledge spillovers

S Cao, G Ma, H Mao - Journal of Regional Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Enhanced transportation infrastructure improves the frequency of travel and facilitates face‐
to‐face communication. Will the resulting reduction in travel cost mitigate the geographical …

Catch-Up Growth and Inter-industry Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from Trade Data

MA Bolhuis - The World Bank Economic Review, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Where and when does export-led growth work? This paper estimates the importance of inter-
industry productivity spillovers for the export-led growth of developing countries. My …

Bit by bit: colocation and the death of distance in software developer networks

M Goldbeck - 2023 - econstor.eu
Digital work settings potentially facilitate remote collaboration and thereby decrease
geographic frictions in knowledge work. Here, I analyze spatial collaboration patterns of …

Land allocation and industrial agglomeration: Evidence from the 2007 reform in China

W Tian, Z Wang, Q Zhang - Journal of Development Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper highlights the crucial role of land allocation mechanisms in fostering industrial
agglomeration by examining China's 2007 industrial land market reform. By introducing …

In the flexible working era: the micro-location choices of co-working spaces

K Lavoratori, Y Wu, F Zhang - Regional Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Would physical location become less essential when work and communication are not
limited to a fixed space? We explore the question with the micro-location choices of co …