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Although the common perception is that the pandemic is ‘the great equaliser’, workers’ tasks, contractual framework and position in the internal organisational hierarchy strongly affect their ability to work remotely.
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Armanda Cetrulo, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy.
Dario Guarascio, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Maria Enrica Virgillito, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy.
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Cetrulo, A., Guarascio, D. & Virgillito, M.E. The Privilege of Working From Home at the Time of Social Distancing. Intereconomics 55, 142–147 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-020-0891-3
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