Matheson, Jesse; McConnell, Brendon; Rockey, James; … - 2024
In this paper, we provide the first evidence of the effect of the shift to remote work on crime. We examine the impact … of the rise of working from home (WFH) on neighborhood-level burglary rates, exploiting geographically granular crime … can entirely offset the crime-reducing benefit of a given neighborhood's WFH potential. This is consistent with the …