Are There Differences between People When it Comes to Adopting Telework from Different Near-Home Shared Offices?

Telework has been considered an alternative work format to reduce daily commutes for many years. Nevertheless, it was not widely adopted until late 2019, when the COVID-19 pandemic spurred widespread telework adoption across the globe, providing many individuals with the opportunity to experience it for the first time. This paper investigates how individuals' home-based telework experiences during the pandemic may have influenced their willingness to pay (WTP) for telework adoption from a nearby shared office. This study uses hazard-based discrete choice models to identify individual-level characteristics and near-home shared office attributes likely to influence individuals' WTPs. Our results indicate that several individual-level factors influence telework adoption from a near-home shared office. For example, individuals younger than 25 and people with higher education levels (up to a bachelor's degree) have higher WTPs, whereas households with children aged 7 to 18 have lower WTPs. WTP decisions are also influenced by individuals' home-based telework experiences and perceptions of its benefits and challenges during pandemics. Moreover, it has been found that gradually removing the restrictive conditions of telework adoption from a near-home shared office increases individuals' WTPs. However, the impact of changing the payment mechanism of a near-home shared office from monthly to daily on individuals' WTPs is much more significant than upgrading its interior design.

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  • English

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  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 23p

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  • Accession Number: 01879076
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: TRBAM-23-03429
  • Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
  • Created Date: Apr 11 2023 11:15AM