Does it pay to work from home? Examining the factors influencing working from home in the Greater Dublin Area
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Caulfield, B, Does it pay to work from home? Examining the factors influencing working from home in the Greater Dublin Area, Case Studies on Transport Policy, 2015, 206 - 214Download Item:
Abstract:
Encouraging working from home or telecommuting has long been seen as a means to
encourage sustainable mobility. With
i
ncrease
coverage of
high
-
speed I
nternet access
and escalating transport costs, telecommuting has become more attractive than ever.
This paper seeks to explore the factors that encourage telecommuting in the Greater
Dublin Area (GDA) in Ireland. The research pre
sented
in this paper considers how
factors
such as public transport access, deprivation, industrial grouping, car ownership,
household st
ructure and residential density, impact upon the decision to work from
home.
The paper also seeks to determine the cos
t savings in terms of travel time
saved that those telecommuting enjoy on an annual basis. The find
ings of this study
show a substantial travel time and cost of travel time saving in the GDA. The
findings also suggest areas several factors such as broadb
and Internet coverage,
public transport availability and occupation all impact upon the propensity to work
from
home.
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