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From KQED.

Thank you. From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Nina Kim. Coming up on forum, a year into the coronavirus pandemic, the once novel idea of working from home has begun to feel permanent, at least for some workers.

But more remote work can mean less social interaction and collapsed boundaries between work and home life.

It can also erode the vitality of urban centers and physical spaces that bring different groups of people together.

We'll talk about how remote work has already begun to reshape workplaces, family dynamics,

and communities.

Join us after this news. This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. For those of us lucky enough to have jobs that we could do from home during the pandemic, there's a lot to be grateful for. But it has brought big changes for workplaces,

families, cities. And what would the impacts be if most remote workers stay remote? According to a study,

co-authored by Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom, between May and October of last year,

half of all paid work hours in the U.S. were done at home.

And Bloom thinks a significant number of people will continue to work from home even after the pandemic,

as many employees have adapted now to the demands of remote work, and employers have revised policies for more home-based workers.

Nicholas Bloom is a professor of economics at

Stanford University, a senior fellow at Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. Thanks so much

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