Teleworkers in Italy: who are they? Do they make more?

Autor/inn/en	Pigini, Claudia; Staffolani, Stefano
Titel	Teleworkers in Italy: who are they? Do they make more? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Telearbeitnehmer in Italien: wer sind sie? Verdienen sie mehr?
Quelle	In: International journal of manpower, 40 (2019) 2, S. 265-285 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-7720; 1758-6577
DOI	10.1108/IJM-07-2017-0154
Schlagwörter	Sozialer Faktor; Familie; Einkommensunterschied; Einkommenseffekt; Arbeitsmotivation; Beruf; Normalarbeitsverhältnis; Qualifikation; Telearbeit; Geschlechtsspezifik; Arbeitnehmer; Italien
Abstract	"Purpose; The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of the probability of being a teleworker and the extent of earnings differentials between teleworkers and traditional employees.; Design/methodology/approach; The analysis is grounded on a theoretical framework depicting endogenous telework assignment and wage variations based on individual bargaining. The empirical strategy allows for non-random telework assignment, generating from individual- and job-specific observed as well as unobserved factors.; Findings; Results are based on the Italian labor force survey and uncover a key role of gender, higher education and family composition as determinants of the probability of teleworking. Furthermore, teleworkers enjoy a wage premium ranging between 2.7 and 8 percent.; Originality/value; Accounting for observed individual and job-specific effects, by both standard linear regression and propensity score matching, largely reduces the extent of wage premium emerging from unconditional descriptives; the results of an endogenous switching regression model however suggest that failing to properly care for unobserved factors leads to the underestimation of returns to telework." (Author's abstract, © Emerald Group).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2019/3