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The commuting behaviour of self‐employed workers: Evidence for Spain

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  • Juan‐Francisco Albert
  • José M. Casado‐Díaz
  • Hipólito Simón

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The aim of the paper is to examine the commuting behaviour of self‐employed workers in Spain as well as its relationship with satisfaction with jobs and housing. According to our results although conventional estimations indicate that commuting trips are shorter among the self‐employed, the differences with employees vanish when the potential endogeneity of self‐employment is controlled for. We also show that the job and housing satisfaction levels of the self‐employed are less sensitive to commuting than those of employees, and that in fact no significant effect is observed for relevant segments of the former group, what gives partial support to the theoretical model that we propose where imperfect information problems affect the employees but not the self‐employed. El objetivo de este artículo es examinar el comportamiento en el desplazamiento al trabajo de los trabajadores por cuenta propia en España, así como la relación con la satisfacción con el trabajo y la vivienda. De acuerdo con nuestros resultados, aunque las estimaciones convencionales indican que los desplazamientos al trabajo son más cortos entre los trabajadores por cuenta propia, las diferencias con los trabajadores por cuenta ajena desaparecen cuando se controla la endogeneidad potencial del empleo por cuenta propia. También se demuestra que los niveles de satisfacción en el trabajo y con la vivienda de los trabajadores por cuenta propia son menos sensibles a los desplazamientos al trabajo que los de los empleados por cuenta ajena, y que de hecho no se observa ningón efecto significativo para los segmentos relevantes del primer grupo, lo que apoya parcialmente el modelo teórico que se propone, en el que los problemas causados por una información imperfecta afectan a los empleados por cuenta ajena pero no a los trabajadores por cuenta propia. 本稿の目的は、スペインの自営業者の通勤行動と、仕事および住居に対する満足度との関連を検討する。今回の検討結果によると、自営業者の通勤距離は短いというのが通説であるが、自営業者の潜在的な内生性を補正した場合、被雇用者との通勤距離の差は消滅する。さらに、自営業者の仕事および住居に対する満足度のレベルは、被雇用者ほどには通勤の影響を受けず、実際に自営業者の重要なセグメントには有意な影響は認められなかった。これは、不完全情報の問題は被雇用者に影響しても自営業者には影響しないという我々が提唱する理論モデルを部分的に支持するものである。

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  • Juan‐Francisco Albert & José M. Casado‐Díaz & Hipólito Simón, 2019. "The commuting behaviour of self‐employed workers: Evidence for Spain," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 98(6), pages 2455-2477, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:98:y:2019:i:6:p:2455-2477
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12469
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    1. Giménez-Nadal, José Ignacio & Molina, José Alberto & Velilla, Jorge, 2022. "Trends in commuting time of European workers: A cross-country analysis," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 327-342.
    2. Giménez-Nadal, José Ignacio & Molina, José Alberto & Velilla, Jorge, 2021. "Two-way commuting: Asymmetries from time use surveys," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    3. Margalejo Hernández, Cristina, 2021. "Commuting y autoempleo en Luxemburgo [Commuting and self-employment in Luxemburgo]," MPRA Paper 106183, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. José M. Casado-Díaz & Raquel Simón-Albert & Hipólito Simón, 2022. "Reassessing the commuting penalty for immigrants: new evidence from Spain," Transportation, Springer, vol. 49(4), pages 1099-1132, August.
    5. Oliva, Andres, 2021. "Estimación del tiempo de desplazamiento al trabajo para los trabajadores portugueses: diferencias entre autoempleados y asalariados [Estimation of commuting time for Portuguese workers: differences," MPRA Paper 107176, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Giménez-Nadal, José Ignacio & Molina, José Alberto & Velilla, Jorge, 2020. "Commuting and self-employment in Western Europe," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
    7. Oliete Peirona, Natalia, 2021. "Tiempos de desplazamiento hogar-trabajo en Austria [Home-work commuting times in Austria]," MPRA Paper 106819, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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