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Have we just stumbled on the biggest productivity increase of the century?

  • Written by John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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One of the most striking responses to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the sudden, shift of around half the workforce to working at home.

In many cases, this was combined with an equally sudden shift to home schooling.

Contrary to what might have been expected, working from home was one part of the pandemic response that went...

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