Tiempo de desplazamiento al puesto laboral y relación con los empleados autónomos: el caso de las mujeres trabajadoras alemanas

Hernández, Jaime (2021): Tiempo de desplazamiento al puesto laboral y relación con los empleados autónomos: el caso de las mujeres trabajadoras alemanas.

Abstract

This paper’s key goal is the analisys of a possible connection in the commuting time of German female workers depending on their employment status (employee or self-employed). With a focus on the data obtained from the European Working Conditions Survey 2015, it was estimated that there is a substantial difference between both types or workers: in the case of self-employed workers, they will spend approximately between 18 and 30 minutes less on their daily commute.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Commuting time and relationship with self-employed: the case of German women workers
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Tiempo de desplazamiento, Alemania, autónomo, lugar de residencia.
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O57 - Comparative Studies of Countries; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R4 - Transportation Economics > R40 - General

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