This article investigates the impact of working from home (WFH) on the emergence and structure of monocentric cities. In the long run, WFH raises urban productivity only in sufficiently large cities. Business land rents fall while residential land rents decrease near the business district. Workers have incentives to adopt inefficiently high WFH schemes. In the short run, WFH yields mixed benefits for commuters and firms, which corroborates the low WFH adoption before the pandemic. Advances in digital technology increase the welfare benefits of WFH. Calibration exercises on European capital cities shed light on the quantitative impact of WFH.

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Zoom 城市：在家工作、城市生产力和土地利用

本文研究了在家工作 (WFH) 对单中心城市的出现和结构的影响。从长远来看，在家办公只能在足够大的城市中提高城市生产力。商业用地租金下降，而商业区附近的住宅用地租金下降。工人有动机采用效率低下的高在家办公计划。从短期来看，在家办公会给通勤者和公司带来好坏参半的好处，这证实了疫情爆发之前在家办公的采用率较低。数字技术的进步增加了在家办公的福利。对欧洲首都城市的校准活动揭示了在家办公的定量影响。