Teleworking across the border: Insights from Cascadia

Date

2023

Authors

Jakubowski, Andrzej

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Publisher

Border Policy Research Institute

Abstract

The COVID-19 Pandemic, supported by the rapid improvements in digital communication tools, has accelerated profound changes in how work is performed as millions worldwide started working remotely. Washington State and British Columbia were among the states/provinces with the highest percentage of people teleworking in the United States and Canada, respectively, mainly due to the developed industries of high technology, including the IT sector. However, as digital solutions allow for working from anywhere, they also boosted the rise of international virtual labor migration (cross-border telework), making labor mobility an even more diverse phenomenon. What remains an open question is whether telework enables a cross-border digital labor market and how work across borders transforms and alters cross-border economic linkages.

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Keywords

Borders in Globalization

Citation

Jakubowski, A. (2023). Teleworking across the border: Insights from Cascadia. Border Policy Research Institute. https://mabel.wwu.edu/do/6a13dc32-b8ec-41a8-82d4-313fde1c347a