The postindustrial economy, which emerged during the final decades of the twentieth century and was marked by service work and computer technology, had the effect of

They had the effect of decentralizing population away from central cities.
Due to the development of computer related-jobs, more and more jobs are able to be finished remotely (without having to come to the office)
Because of this, many people choose to create a home office to do their jobs in order to obtain work-life balance.