Série de Séminaires de Recherche Telfer - Ting Xu

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Ting Xu, PhD

(en anglais seulement)

Using a novel firm-level measure of remote work created from big data on Internet activity, we show that firms with higher levels of remote work during the pandemic are more likely to see their employees subsequently becoming entrepreneurs. This holds both unconditionally and relative to other types of job turnovers. We establish causality using instrumental variables and a panel event study. The marginal created businesses are of higher quality than the average new firm. The effect is not driven by employee selection, preference change, or forced turnover. Rather, remote work increases spawning by providing the time and downside protection needed for entrepreneurial experimentation.