TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Vos, Duco de
AU  - Ham, Maarten van
AU  - Meijers, Evert J.
        TI  - Working from Home and Commuting: Heterogeneity over Time, Space, and Occupations
        PY  - 2019/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12578
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12578
        AB  - Teleworking may increase the willingness to accept a longer commute. This paper presents new evidence of the effect of teleworking on the length of commutes. We use novel panel data from the Netherlands, for the years 2008-2018, and find stronger effects compared to studies that use older data. Between 2008 and 2018 however, the effect was remarkably stable: workers that started teleworking increased their commutes by 12 percent on average. We analyse heterogeneity in the effect of teleworking on commuting across different levels of urbanization and across occupations. This study stresses the effects of teleworking on the geographical scale of labour markets, and provides important inputs for policymakers that aim to promote teleworking.
        KW  - telecommuting
KW  - commuting time
KW  - information technology
KW  - fixed effects
        ER  -