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Telework and travel behavior after COVID-19: rebound effects

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  • Hermosa Guzmán, Dennyse María Patricia
  • d.hermosa@udla.edu.co

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Telework expanded sharply after COVID-19, but whether the commuting savings are offset by rebound effects in non-work travel and residential relocation remains uncertain. The included studies, concentrated in Europe and North America, showed that telework reduced commuting substantially. Work-related travel time was 97 to 98 percent lower among home workers in United States time-use data, and experienced Swiss teleworkers emitted 45.8% less weekly carbon dioxide. Rebound appeared through three channels: occasional and recent teleworkers traveled more by car for non-work trips, teleworkers lived farther from work, and remote-work exposure more than doubled the probability of starting long-distance commuting. Telework reduces commuting but does not uniformly reduce total travel; rebound through non-work travel and residential relocation partially offsets the commuting savings.

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  • Hermosa Guzmán, Dennyse María Patricia & d.hermosa@udla.edu.co, 2026. "Telework and travel behavior after COVID-19: rebound effects," SAP Transport, Mobility & Society, South American Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:cwf:tmsart:tms2026333
    DOI: 10.62486/tms2026333
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