Telework and establishment location: employee influence and regional heterogeneity
利用德国SOEP-LEE2数据，研究机构内员工影响力与区域结构如何共同影响远程办公决策，发现当地STEM和知识密集型服务业就业多、宽带覆盖好的地区，员工对决策影响更大。
Telework could alter the spatial distributions of economic and social activities as work moves away from central places. Decisions regarding telework from home are made in establishments. Employee influence in establishments, as well as regional structures at the establishment location may interact to influence such decisions. Using the SOEP-LEE2 data for Germany findings show that decisions by establishments to use telework from home are influenced more by employees in establishment locations with stronger local competence structures and digital infrastructure, e.g., more science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) jobs and better fixed link broadband coverage. This reflects the incentives of employers and employees when negotiating telework arrangements within establishments.