The long-term wage growth of teleworkers before the COVID-19 pandemic

One commonly held view of telework is that prior to COVID-19, teleworkers might have been promoted less often than other employees or might have declined job offers for high-paying jobs that did not offer the opportunity to work from home. Such scenarios imply that prior to COVID-19, employees worki...

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Main Authors: Tahsin Mehdi, René Morissette
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Language:English
Published: Statistics Canada 2022-05-01
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Online Access:https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28-0001/2022005/article/00001-eng.htm
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