A. Ramani, J. Alcedo, N. Bloom, (2024) How working from home reshapes cities, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.

Objective:

• Assess the association between WFH and shifts in urban structure across a large sample of countries

Case:

• 118 global cities

Methodology:

• OLS

Data Source

• Mastercard network of in-person transactions
• Migration flow: USPS
• Real estate: US
• Commuting: GPS card
• Survey: global survey of working arrangements

Findings:

• Suburbs spending grow 15 pp more relative to their city centers

• Commuters to city centers have fallen

• City centres in the top 12 US cities see cumulative net outflows of 8% of their 2019 population

• WFH benefits real estate market further from city centers

Coding Reference:

• R