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Here's how remote working patterns impact local service spending

Remote working is leading to reduced spending in some geographic areas.

Remote working is leading to reduced spending in some geographic areas. Image: Unsplash/Simon Abrams

Shivani Taneja
Research Fellow, School of Economics, University of Nottingham
Paul Mizen
Professor of Monetary Economics and Director, The Centre for Finance, Credit and Macroeconomics
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Figure 1 Share of full working days. A large component of the pandemic-induced increase in remote working is likely to be permanent.
Figure 1 Share of full working days. A large component of the pandemic-induced increase in remote working is likely to be permanent. Image: CEPR
Chart showing the spending near the workplace across UK regions. remote working
Figure 2 Spending near the workplace across UK regions. Image: CEPR

Figure 3 The change in the neighbourhood's local service employment due to the permanent change in remote working
Figure 3 The change in the neighbourhood's local service employment due to the permanent change in remote working Image: CEPR

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