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How Work from Home Changes Housing Demand: Evidence from Online Search

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  • Elisa Guglielminetti
  • Michele Loberto
  • Giordano Zevi
  • Roberta Zizza

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We quantify the impact of work from home (WFH) on housing demand by leveraging a unique dataset of online housing sales advertisements in Italy and considering intensity in the adoption of WFH. By exploiting both the time series and the geographical variation in WFH adoption after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, we estimate that intensive WFH is the main driver of a significant recomposition of housing demand toward larger, single-family properties with outdoor spaces. This suggests that hybrid working arrangements involving a sizable amount of home-office work may have long-lasting consequences on housing markets and the organization of cities.

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  • Elisa Guglielminetti & Michele Loberto & Giordano Zevi & Roberta Zizza, 2023. "How Work from Home Changes Housing Demand: Evidence from Online Search," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 113, pages 609-613, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:113:y:2023:p:609-13
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20231015
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
    • R21 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Housing Demand
    • R31 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Housing Supply and Markets

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