How Does Working from Home Affect Retail Sales? An Empirical Analysis of Municipalities in Illinois

• In Event: Economic and Labor Policy

Brief Overview

Analyzing all incorporated municipalities in Illinois from pre-pandemic to post-pandemic periods, we find that municipal retail sales fall in some business sectors when a larger proportion of workforce work from home.

Authors

• Yonghong Wu, University of Macau

• David Merriman, University of Illinois Chicago