2. Lecture 1: “The Big Shift to Remote Work:”. This lecture will draw
on several papers, but the best paper for students to read in advance is
“Working from Home Around the World
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https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e2ea3a8097ed30c779bd707/t/634dc6135
6e2062247c568fb/1666041366099/Working+from+Home+Around+the+World%2C+16+Octob
er+2022.pdf> ,” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, forthcoming. The
lecture will also draw on the following papers:
a. “Why Working from Home Will Stick
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https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e2ea3a8097ed30c779bd707/t/608a14be1
1b7205af1c41709/1619662019453/WFH_Will_Stick_V9%2C+28+April+2021.pdf> .”
National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 28731, 2021.
b. The Shift to Remote Work Lessens Wage-Growth Pressures
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https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e2ea3a8097ed30c779bd707/t/62bdbc12d
3a1cb0da1b36822/1656601619407/The+Shift+to+Remote+Work+Lessens+Wage-Growth+P
ressures%2C+21+June+2022.pdf> ,” NBER working paper 30197, 2022.
c. “Internet Access and its Implications for Productivity, Inequality,
and Resilience
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https://stevenjdavis.com/s/Internet-Access-Quality-and-its-Implications.pdf
> .” In Rebuilding the Post-Pandemic Economy, 2021.
d. "COVID-19 Shifted Patent Applications toward Technologies that
Support Working from Home
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https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e2ea3a8097ed30c779bd707/t/5ff8b86ad
fca1b1bce9b34dd/1610135660862/COVID-19+Shifted+Patent+Applications%2C+8+Janu
ary+2020.pdf> ." AEA Papers & Proceedings, 2021.
e. “Remote Work across Jobs, Companies, and Space
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https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e2ea3a8097ed30c779bd707/t/63ffd7c20
15ab360bb64a989/1677711301372/Remote+Work+across+Jobs%2C+Companies%2C+and+Sp
ace%2C+1+March+2023.pdf> ,” NBER Working Paper 27867, 2023
3. Lecture 2: “Long Social Distancing” based on a paper of the same
title that is forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics. The paper is
available here
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https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e2ea3a8097ed30c779bd707/t/6452fb70c
055a0553606e388/1683159922566/Long+Social+Distancing%2C+2+May+2023.pdf> .