A Copula-Based Sample Selection Model of Telecommuting Choice and Frequency

Ipek N Sener and Chandra R Bhat
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Ipek N Sener: Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A & M University System, 1106 Clayton Ln, Suite 300E, Austin, TX 78723, USA
Chandra R Bhat: Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, C1761, Austin, TX 78712-0278, USA

Environment and Planning A, 2011, vol. 43, issue 1, 126-145

Abstract: The objective of this study is to contribute to the telecommuting literature by jointly examining the propensity and frequency of workers to telecommute, using a rich set of individual demographics, work-related and industry characteristics, household demographics, and commute-trip/work-location characteristics. The data are drawn from the Chicago Regional Household Travel Inventory, collected between 2007 and 2008. From a methodological standpoint, the current study adopts a copula approach that allows the testing of several types of dependency structures between the telecommuting choice and frequency behavioral processes. To our knowledge, this is the first formulation and application in the econometric literature of a copula approach for the case of a binary self-selection mechanism with an ordered-response outcome. The results clearly indicate that telecommuting choice and the frequency of telecommuting are governed by quite different underlying behavioral processes. For instance, women are less likely to telecommute relative to men, though there is no statistically significant difference in telecommuting frequency propensity between men and women telecommuters. Similarly, full-time employed individuals (≥30 hours per week) are more likely to have a telecommuting arrangement than those working part-time (

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1068/a43133

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