Changing work/places: Remote work and the prospect of rural and coastal revival in Great Britain.

Autor/inn/en	Reuschke, Darja; MacLeavy, Julie
Titel	Changing work/places: Remote work and the prospect of rural and coastal revival in Great Britain. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Wechselnde Arbeitsplätze/Orte: Fernarbeit und die Aussicht auf eine Wiederbelebung des ländlichen Raums und der Küste in Großbritannien.
Quelle	In: Regional science policy and practice, 18 (2026) 7, Art. 100319, 12 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1757-7802
DOI	10.1016/j.rspp.2026.100319
Schlagwörter	Ballungsraum; Binnenwanderung; Küstenregion; Ländlicher Raum; Regionale Disparität; Pandemie; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Arbeitszeitentwicklung; Qualifikation; Telearbeit; Arbeitszeit; Büroarbeit; Arbeitsform; Auswirkung; Entwicklung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Regionaler Vergleich; Zeitallokation; Abhängig Beschäftigter; Arbeitnehmer; Großbritannien
Abstract	"This paper investigates the geographical implications of the post-COVID surge in remote working across Great Britain, contributing to the literature a new conceptual distinction between fully remote work and 'office-centric' versus 'remote-centric' hybrid roles. Drawing on the UK Labour Force Survey 2022 and 2025, it analyses re lationships between different modalities of remote work and residential patterns, internal migration and regional economic disparities. The analysis reveals distinct residential and migration profiles based on the degree of locational flexibility permitted by each form of remote work. Fully remote work is associated with inter-regional migration and a measurable 'rural revival'. Remote-centric hybrid work (=50% remote) shows limited expansion into rurallocales. In contrast, office-centred hybrid work ((50% remote) remains geographically indistin guishable from traditional on-site employment. Furthermore, remote working has not facilitated living in coastal areas. Across all modes of remote work, we find location patterns continue to mirror traditional core-periphery wage hierarchies, consolidating rather than mitigating existing regional disparities due to the persistent link to high wage areas. Because the most prevalent remote work arrangements - hybrid models - require proximity to the office, they are unlikely to drive a meaningful redistribution of human capital and wealth. Consequently, regional rebalancing strategies should focus on the specific infrastructure required to attract fully remote pop ulations to peripheral regions or pursue alternative forms of structural investment." The study refers to the period 2022-2025 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2026 Elsevier).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2026/4