Working from home: How COVID-19 could cause a new digital divide

Aug 18, 2020

Image: REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Enrique Fernández-Macías

Researcher, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

Santo Milasi

Economist, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

Matteo Sostero

Researcher, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

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Luxembourg has the highest percentage of employees in jobs that are teleworkable, from the EU27. Image: VoxEU

Data shows that higher paid jobs are more able to telework, compared to lower paid jobs. Image: VoxEU

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Data shows that 40% of employees living in cities are in teleworkable occupations. Image: VoxEU

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