El tiempo de desplazamiento al lugar de trabajo en el Reino Unido: Diferencias entre asalariados y autoempleados

Belloc, Ignacio (2021): El tiempo de desplazamiento al lugar de trabajo en el Reino Unido: Diferencias entre asalariados y autoempleados.

Abstract

This paper studies the commuting behavior in the UK, with a focus on the differences between employed and self-employed workers. The European Working Conditions Survey (2015) will be used to carry out a descriptive and econometric analysis and identify what factors can explain the different mobility patterns observed in those two groups. Our empirical results show that employees spend 27.57 more minutes per day commuting than the self-employed and factors such as education level, gender and urban characteristics have a remarkable influence.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Commuting time in the United Kingdom: Differences between wage-earners and self-employees
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Wage-earners; self-employed; education; employees; European Working Conditions Survey; gender; labor market; United Kingdom; commuting; workers.
• Subjects: R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R4 - Transportation Economics > R40 - General

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