Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of the probability of being a teleworker and the extent of earnings differentials between teleworkers and traditional employees. Design/methodology/approach: The analysis is grounded on a theoretical framework depicting...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the hypothesis of effort‐based career opportunities as a situation in which profit maximising firms create incentives for employees to work longer hours than the bargained ones, by making career prospects depend on working hours. The paper...