Remote digital platform working is great, if you live in a city - Oxford study

Published on October 21, 2022

Rather than heralding a new era of prosperity for rural and remote regions, remote working, inspired by the pandemic, is exacerbating the global urban-rural divide in the digital platform labour market, according to new analysis from the Oxford Internet Institute.
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