Arbeitspapier
A Wage-Efficiency Spatial Model for US Self-Employed Workers
In this paper, we study self-employment in a theoretical setting derived from wage-efficiency spatial models, where leisure and effort at work are complementary. We develop a spatial model of self-employment in which effort at work and commuting are negatively related, and thus the probability of self-employment decreases with "expected" commuting time. We use time-use data from the American Time Use Survey 2003-2014 to analyze the spatial distribution of self-employment across metropolitan areas in the US, focusing on the relationship between commuting time and the probability of self-employment. Our empirical results show that the probability of self-employment is negatively related to the "expected" commuting time, giving empirical support to our theoretical model. Furthermore, we propose a GIS model to show that commuting and self-employment rates are, in relation to unemployment rates, negatively related.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9634
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise
- Thema
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wage-efficiency
self-employment
commuting
leisure
American Time Use Survey
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio
Molina, José Alberto
Velilla, Jorge
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2016
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:23 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio
- Molina, José Alberto
- Velilla, Jorge
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2016
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