An Economist’s Guide to the World Post-Covid

Home working and remote rural places: Evidence, problems, and a proposal

Posted by Richard Holt on Dec 9, 2021 3:00:00 PM

Over the last year and a half, many office workers have decided they can work from almost anywhere with a desk, a decent internet connection, and ...

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Increased digitisation could exacerbate inequality in Southern Africa

Posted by Zaynab Mohamed on May 21, 2021 9:30:00 AM

The imposition of lockdown regulations to prevent the spread of Covid-19 forced millions of people across the globe to work from home. The transition...

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Working from home: have we got ahead of ourselves?

Posted by James Bedford on Apr 30, 2021 2:45:00 PM

There has been extensive debate about the future of work after the coronavirus pandemic. At the heart of this is the uncertainty over the extent to...

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Working from home — but only for those who have the space?

Posted by Lawrence Harper-Scott on Apr 1, 2021 5:40:00 PM

The coronavirus pandemic has realigned home and work life across the world. Lockdowns have forced many employers and their workers to embrace remote...

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Five reasons remote work is harder than you think

Posted by Edward Cone on Feb 23, 2021 7:28:24 PM

Widespread adoption of remote work is expected to be a lasting legacy of the pandemic. But this huge shift in where and how people do their jobs is...

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