Bienestar, depresión y conciliación entre la vida laboral y personal de los trabajadores: impacto del teletrabajo en el caso de Francia

Cortés-Satué, Sara (2026): Bienestar, depresión y conciliación entre la vida laboral y personal de los trabajadores: impacto del teletrabajo en el caso de Francia.

Abstract

Teleworking is an increasingly widespread practice, which has led to permanent changes in labour markets around the world. In France, as well as in other European countries, there are specific regulations to ensure equal rights between remote and on-site workers. The study aims to analyze the impact of teleworking on three dimensions associated with worker well-being: subjective well-being, depression and work-life balance, in the specific case of France. By introducing sociodemographic and occupational controls into the regressions, the results show that teleworking has no statistically significant effects, whereas variables such as gender, parenthood and place of residence, among others, do.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Well-being, depression, and work-life balance among workers: the impact of teleworking in France
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: telework; wellbeing; depression; satisfaction; work-life balance
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D0 - General > D00 - General

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