Event

Lunchseminar in Economics: A New Spatial Hedonic Equilibrium in the Emerging Work-from-Home Economy?

  • Conférencier  Jan Brueckner, University of California, Irvine, USA

  • Lieu

    ONLINE ACCESS

    LU

  • Thème(s)
    Sciences économiques & gestion

Abstract

This paper studies the impacts of work-from-home (WFH) in the housing market from both intercity and intracity perspectives.  Our results confirm the theoretical prediction that WFH puts downward pressure on housing prices and rents in high-productivity counties, a result of workers starting to relocate to cheaper metro areas during the pandemic without forsaking their desirable jobs.  We also show that WFH tends to flatten intracity house-price gradients, weakening the price premium associated with good job access.