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Dr. Adam Ozimek, Chief Economist at Upwork, speaks with Troy Mix, Associate Director of the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about the economics of remote work.\n\nTopics covered in this February 16, 2021 interview include the current and forecasted prevalence of remote work, the costs and benefits of remote work for companies and individuals, and what more remote work could mean for cities and regions.\n\nUpwork is an online platform that connects businesses of all sizes to freelancers, independent professionals, and agencies for all their hiring needs. Dr. Ozimek drives Upwork\u2019s research to help better understand labor market trends, and he discussed findings from the Fall 2020 Future Workforce Pulse Report during this interview: https://www.upwork.com/press/releases/economist-report-future-workforce. In conversation, he cited recent research on \u201cFlattening the curve: Pandemic-induced revaluation of urban real estate\u201d by Gupta, Peeters, Mittal, and Van Nieuwerburgh (https://voxeu.org/article/flattening-curve-pandemic-induced-revaluation-urban-real-estate) and \u201cHow Many Jobs Can be Done at Home?\u201d by Dingel and Neiman (https://www.nber.org/papers/w26948). \n\nThis episode continues the Future of Remote Work series presented through IPA\u2019s First State Insights podcast. This series of articles and interviews seeks to shed light on remote work trends; explore implications for businesses, communities, and policymakers; and spur conversations aimed at making this emerging reality work well for Delaware.\n\nVisit upwork.com for more information on Dr. Ozimek\u2019s work, or follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ModeledBehavior. For the latest in IPA's Future of Remote Work series, search for remote work articles on IPA's news feed (www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa/about/news) and visit the Future of Remote Work playlist on SoundCloud (soundcloud.com/first-state-insights/sets/future-of-remote-work).\n\nOpening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0 License.