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Commuting and self-employment in Western Europe

Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2020

This paper explores the commuting behavior of workers in Western European countries, with a focus on the differences in commuting time between employees and the self-employed in these countries. Using data from the last wave of the European Working Conditions Survey (2015), we analyze the...

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Revisiting excess commuting and self-employment : the case of Latin America

Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Velilla, Jorge; Ortega, Raquel - 2022

This paper analyzes the commuting behavior of employee and self-employed workers in urban areas of eleven Latin American countries, within a theoretical framework that identifies employees' excess commuting as different from self-employed workers' commuting. Using data from the ECAF data,...

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The gasoline price and the commuting behavior : towards sustainable modes of transport

Belloc, Ignacio; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, … - 2022

, public transport, walking, or cycling. Using data from the American Time Use Survey for the years 2003-2019, and collecting …, and more commuting by public transport, walking, and cycling, the latter being transportation alternatives that are more … prices in the US, our results may serve to inform future policies aiming to develop a low-carbon transport system, especially …

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Commuting in dual-earner households : international gender differences with time use surveys

Echeverría, Lucía; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; … - 2023

Least Squares equations for men and women on commuting time and mode of transport (private, public, and active transport …

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Telework and time use in the United States

Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff; Vernon, Victoria - 2020 - This version: May 12, 2020

Remote work is rapidly increasing in the United States. Using data on full-time wage and salary workers from the 2017–2018 American Time Use Survey Leave and Job Flexibilities Module, this paper examines the characteristics of teleworkers, the effects of teleworking on wages, and differences...

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Telework and time use

Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff; Vernon, Victoria - 2021

This chapter reviews the evidence on the relationship between telework and households' time allocation, drawing heavily on the empirical evidence from time diary data, and discusses the implications of telework for workers' productivity, wages, labor force participation, and well-being as well...

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The short-term economic consequences ofCOVID-19 : exposure to disease, remote work and government response

Béland, Louis-Philippe; Brodeur, Abel; Wright, Taylor - 2020

In this ongoing project, we examine the short-term consequences of COVID- 19 on employment and wages in the United States. Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we document the impact of COVID-19 at the national-level using a simple difference and test whether states with relatively more confirmed...

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All that glitters is not gold : effects of working from home on income inequality at the time of COVID-19

Bonacini, Luca; Gallo, Giovanni; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2020 - Preliminary draft, May2020

The recent global COVID-19 pandemic forced most of governments in developed countries to introduce severe measures limiting people mobility freedom in order to contain the infection spread. Consequently, working from home (WFH) procedures became of great importance for a large part of employees,...

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The short-term economic consequences of COVID-19 : occupation tasks and mental health in Canada

Beland, Louis-Philippe; Brodeur, Abel; Mikola, Derek; … - 2020

In this paper, we document the short-term impact of COVID-19 on labour mar- ket outcomes in Canada. Following a pre-analysis plan, we investigate the negative impact of the pandemic on unemployment, labour force participation, hours and wages in Canada. We find that COVID-19 had drastic negative...

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COVID-19, stay-at-home orders and employment : evidence from CPS data

Beland, Louis-Philippe; Brodeur, Abel; Wright, Taylor - 2020

In this paper, we examine the short-term consequences of COVID-19 and evaluate the impacts of stay-at-home orders on employment and wages in the United States. Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we document that COVID-19 increased the unemployment rate, decreased hours of work and labor force...

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