Women Book Business Travel Earlier, Saving Companies Millions

Ciobanu, Catalin and Donna, Javier D. and Lungu, Gheorghe and Veramendi, Greg (2013): Women Book Business Travel Earlier, Saving Companies Millions.

Abstract

The demand for business travel is gender-independent, but men and women demonstrate different travel habits that impact the bottom line. We know from previous research that women react more strongly to unforeseen events and are more stressed than men when traveling for work. But what about when planning travel? Do gender differences show up there, and if so, how? To answer these questions, we examined a database of 6.4 million flight bookings in 2014. We isolated data on how far in advance of flight women and men book their travel.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Gender differences; worker gender differences; airline industry.
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D9 - Intertemporal Choice > D91 - Intertemporal Household Choice ; Life Cycle Models and Saving

References

Donna, Javier and Gregory F. Veramendi, “Gender Differences within the Firm: Evidence from Two Million Business Travelers,” Journal of Human Resources, 57: 1915-1945, 2022, DOI: 10.3368/jhr.58.2.0818-9664R2