How working from home reshapes cities
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Ramani, Arjun; Alcedo, Joel; Bloom, Nicholas
署名单位：
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Stanford University
刊物名称：
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ISSN/ISSBN：
0027-12300
DOI：
10.1073/pnas.2408930121
发表日期：
2024-11-05
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摘要：
In recent decades, economic activity has become increasingly concentrated in major global metropolises. Yet, the rise of working from home threatens this dominance of cities. Using multiple high- frequency datasets on spending, commuting, migration, and housing, we provide global evidence that remote work has dispersed economic activity away from city centers. We label this the Donut Effect, which is much larger and more persistent in cities with high levels of remote work. Using detailed household microdata from the United States, we show that three- fifths of households that left city centers in big cities moved to the suburbs of the same city. This is likely explained by the rise of hybrid work, in which employees still commute to the office a few days a week. The enduring popularity of hybrid work into 2024 suggests that the Donut Effect will persist while also leaving broader metropolitan areas intact.