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Sławomir Kuźmar

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arXiv2026

From Core to Periphery? Assessing Remote Works Potential to Rebalance EU Regional Development

The rapid expansion of remote work following the last pandemic has renewed interest in whether spatial decoupling of residence from workplace can contribute to rebalancing regional development across the European Union. This paper examines four interrelated dimensions of remote work-induced residential mobility using the R-MAP survey dataset, a large-scale cross-sectional survey of over 7,400 remote workers across Europe collected in 2024. First, the spatial direction of post-2020 relocations is analysed, revealing that mobility occurs overwhelmingly within the same urbanisation tier, with urban-to-urban moves accounting for 67% of all relocations. Counter-urban flows to- ward rural areas remain marginal at just 2% of moves, though their relative demograph- ic impact on small rural populations is non-trivial. Second, the motivational structure of relocation decisions is examined, showing that quality-of-life considerations dominate (cited by 78% of movers), followed by economic and housing factors (70%), while digital infrastructure ranks among the least cited reasons. Third, amenity preferences are compared across residential contexts, documenting striking convergence between urban and rural remote workers, with statistically significant differences emerging only for public transport and restaurant access. Fourth, logistic regression models reveal that remote work intensity is a consistent positive predictor of relocation probability, with a transition from 50% to fully remote work associated with a 6.5 percentage point in- crease in relocation likelihood. Age, education, and industry sector also shape mobility patterns. Overall, the findings suggest that remote work primarily stretches metropolitan systems and reinforces peri-urban zones rather than triggering large-scale redistribution toward structurally weaker peripheral regions.

econ.GN↗

arXiv2025

Will Remote Work Drive a New Wave of Suburbanisation in Poland? Analysing the Relocation Preferences of Polish Office Employees

This study assesses how the growing availability of working from home (WFH) shapes office employees' preferences to move to the suburbs and pinpoints the socio-economic factors that drive those intentions. We focus on Poland, where the housing market is shaped by exceptionally high home-ownership rates and specific suburbanisation patterns. We surveyed city-dwelling office employees (living in municipalities of 100,000 or more) to gauge their willingness to relocate. Logistic-regression estimates then linked those intentions to respondents' demographics, job attributes, commuting patterns, and self-reported productivity shifts under WFH. The study tests three mechanisms. Commuting cost is proxied by travel mode and one-way time; life-course triggers by age, children, and tenure; and job-demands/resources by self-rated productivity under WFH. Sector and city size serve as contextual controls. Linking variables to theory in this way clarifies how the forthcoming results adjudicate among competing explanations. The results indicate that age, commuting mode, self-assessed productivity changes, and employment sector (private versus public) markedly influence the likelihood of considering a move to the suburbs in response to remote-work options. Contrary to expectations, household size, measured by number of children, does not play a significant role. Overall, the evidence suggests that remote work, especially in hybrid form, could become an additional catalyst for suburban expansion in markets characterised by scarce affordable rentals and a strong preference for home ownership, such as Poland.

econ.GN↗

arXiv2025

Distributional Consequences of Political Freedom: Inequality in Transition Countries

This article addresses the origins of income inequality in post-socialist countries from Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, from 1991 to 2016. The aim is to analyze the relationship between democracy and income inequality. In previous studies, this topic has led to ambiguous findings, especially in the context of the group of countries we are focusing on. We examine whether the process of democratization cooccurred with changes in income distribution over the entire period under study, and its impact on individual income deciles to determine who benefited most from the new system. The obtained results allowed us to confirm that the actual relationship between democratization and income inequality did not exist, or at most was illusory in the 1990s, but it was present, relevant, and had a proequality character between 2001 and 2016. During that period, the development of the democratic system benefited at least 80\% of the lower part of the income distribution, at the expense especially of the top deciles share of total income. Those results confirmed that democratization positively affected the shares of lower income deciles in postsocialist countries.

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