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AIEL 2026


41st Conference of the Italian Association of Labour Economics

Department of Law
Roma Tre University 

Rome, 17-19 September 2026 

Teleworkability and Commuting Accidents


Presenter

Giulia Montresor (University of Verona)


Coauthors

Cristina Belles-Obrero


Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of teleworkability on commuting accidents by leveraging the pandemic-induced shift toward remote work. Using administrative accident records from Spain (2016–2023) and a difference-in-differences framework, we find that teleworkable occupations experienced a significant 39.4% reduction in commuting accidents post-pandemic relative to non-teleworkable ones. Heterogeneous analysis shows that this effect raises to 52.5% on days with temperatures below 0?C.