Substitution between working at home and out-of-home: The role of ICT and commuting costs

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-160

  de Graaff, Thomas ^a   Rietveld, Piet ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commuting; Demand system; ICT; Teleworking

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MICROECONOMIC DEMAND SYSTEM; TELEWORKING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

COMMUTING; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; TRAVEL TIME; WAGE; WORKPLACE;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748469419     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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