Publications
Publications
- September 15, 2022
- Brookings Series: Reimagining Modern-day Markets and Regulations
Work-From-Anywhere as a Public Policy: 3 Findings from the Tulsa Remote Program
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Evan Starr and Thomaz Teodorovicz
Abstract
The adoption of work-from-anywhere by organizations might help smaller towns and communities across the country attract talent and reverse brain drain, by incentivizing remote workers to migrate to such locations. We evaluate how the Tulsa Remote program, which incentivizes remote workers to relocate and live in Tulsa, OK, benefits the remote workers and the local community. Comparing a sample of remote workers who moved to Tulsa over 2019–2022, to a close counterfactual group, we find that remote workers who migrate to Tulsa report real income gains and had higher pro-social engagement in the community. Our findings contribute to the debate on whether place based policies might be effective in attracting talent to the heartland.
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Citation
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Evan Starr, and Thomaz Teodorovicz. "Work-From-Anywhere as a Public Policy: 3 Findings from the Tulsa Remote Program." Brookings Series: Reimagining Modern-day Markets and Regulations (September 15, 2022).