We are excited to host Alex Yarkin from Brown for our The EBRD research seminar tomorrow at 1 PM (London time)

'Working from home will ultimately stick. Workplace-related mobility levels will remain lower than the pre-pandemic levels.”

Our @CevatGirayAksoy spoke with Financial Times on his new working paper 'Working from Home Around the World'.

ft.com/content/918998…

I spoke with Valentina Romei of Financial Times about why hybrid work will be the new normal and workers remain interested in remote opportunities.

The full article at:
on.ft.com/3VMyUNQ

We are hiring two Research Economists at the The EBRD's Office of the Chief Economist in the upcoming round.

Great research environment, location, and opportunities to impact policy.

Application deadline for the EEA market: 15 Nov 2022

Apply via: econjobmarket.org/positions/8605

What fosters economic integration by refugees?

I just met with some of the world's top social scientists studying how policy shapes refugee integration.

In a new blog I offer three urgent lessons emerging from the latest evidence—>

cgdev.org/blog/doing-ref…

A quick thread ☞

How many days do you want to work from home?

'There is a gap between employee desires to WFH and employer plans: employers plan an average of 0.7 WFH days per week but workers want 1.7 days.'

Watch Cevat Giray Aksoy explain his most recent paper in 60 seconds!

I am hiring a research (post-doctoral) fellow to work with me on my education projects in Turkey. The fellow will be located in beautiful Florence. Please check out the details of the job and please RT.
eui.eu/About/JobOppor…

EBRD's Office of the Chief Economist is hiring two entry-level Research Economists

Application deadline for EEA maket: 15 Nov 2022

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How are workers affected by the large, lasting shift to remote work triggered by the pandemic?

Impressive evidence from the global survey on working from home presented by Cevat Giray Aksoy.

Livestream to Nick Bloom's #WFH conference available here: remoteworkconference.org

Tomorrow we are celebrating 4th anniversary of the Clean Oceans Initiative, which has raised €2.1bn of its €4bn 2025 goal to clean up. The EBRD has joined the initiative in February 2022: ebrd.com/news/2022/the-…

'What the pandemic made us realise was that for many, working from home was a viable, even preferable option', according to the ABC News, featuring the findings of our 'Working from Home Around the World' paper.

abc.net.au/news/2022-10-1…

Our remote work conference is next Weds 12th to Friday 14th October and will be streamed live (see conference program link below). There are 22 research papers on #WFH measurement, causes and impact. Each paper has 20 mins talk then 10 mins Q&A.

remoteworkconference.org

“Working from Home around the World”

Excited to see our new VoxEU piece out

cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

We're hiring! The EBRD's Office of the Chief Economist is hiring a Research Analyst (1-year contract). Strong skills in econ, data/computer science, finance, or similar degree with strong quant component

Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/mr2nzh2n

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The #WFH debate is very office focused. But only a third of people work in offices. The other two thirds work in factories, stores, schools, hospitals, restaurants and sites. These locations offer the greatest opportunity to extend #WFH through better management and technology.

Today we officially move our headquarters to Five Bank Street in Canary Wharf.
Our new address is:
EBRD Five Bank Street London E14 4BG, UK
It's also one of the most environmentally advanced office buildings in the UK!

Beyond excited to see our paper published at the QJE ! This has been a fantastic journey thanks to my coauthors Sule Alan and Matthias Sutter . Here is a thread 👇

On my way to Stanford University for a research visit. Many thanks to great Nick Bloom for inviting me.

Exciting times ahead!