Remote working has become a structural feature of Europe’s labor market, not just a pandemic legacy. A new Nature Scientific Data study, involving Bocconi’s Greta Nasi and Lisa Fontanella, presents a dataset of over 20,000 European respondents. It shows that remote work is more common in urban areas, but could help rebalance territories by supporting rural employment and reducing depopulation. Benefits such as flexibility and work-life balance vary by technology access, housing and context. The dataset offers a tool for research and policy.

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