394 research outputs found
Housing assets, mortgages and small businesses
No full textDarja Reuschke proposes an innovative idea to forge more effective linkages between the lending markets for housing and for enterprise
Homeworking in the UK: before and during the 2020 lockdown
Full text linkIn this report, Alan Felstead of Cardiff University and Darja Reuschke of the University of Southampton present new and up-to-date evidence on the scale of the shift of paid work into the home in the UK during lockdown, its impact on the mental well-being and productivity of homeworkers, and the likely prevalence of homeworking after social distancing restrictions are fully lifted. The findings are based on three online surveys of workers carried out towards the end of April, May and June 2020. Each survey questioned a representative sample of 6,000-7,000 workers
The effect of the great lockdown on Homeworking in the United Kingdom
Full text linkIn this report, Darja Reuschke of the University of Southampton and Alan Felstead of Cardiff University present findings of their analysis of homeworking during the Coronavirus lockdown. Based upon data collected from approximately 7,000 people via the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS), the report focusses on the effect of the Coronavirus lockdown in the UK on both the extent and intensity of homeworking, its relationship with mental well-being and how these effects have varied between ‘new’ and ‘established’ homeworkers
Changes in the geographies of work and home : the ERC WORKANDHOME project
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Integrating entrepreneurship with urban and neighbourhood studies : lessons for future research
No full textThe seminar series ‘Entrepreneurship in Homes and Neighbourhoods’ this volume draws on is funded by the ESRC grant ES/L001489/1 to Darja Reuschke, Colin Mason, Stephen Syrett, Maarten van Ham and Duncan Maclennan
Connecting entrepreneurship with homes and neighbourhoods
No full textThe seminar series ‘Entrepreneurship in Homes and Neighbourhoods’ this volume draws on is funded by the ESRC grant ES/L001489/1 to Darja Reuschke, Colin Mason, Stephen Syrett, Maarten van Ham and Duncan Maclennan
Living apart together over long distances – time-space patterns and consequences of a late-modern living arrangement
No full textIn this paper people living apart together at a greater distance with his/her partner (long distance LATs) are investigated, using empirical evidence from Germany. Previous research did not apply a distinction between couples which live apart over long distance or in close proximity. In official statistics and surveys across Europe and North America the spatialities of LAT unions is not captured either. The present results, which are based on a random sample survey of people who recently moved to selected metropolises, reveal that distance matters in this respect: long distance LAT unions are not only associated with specific formation and motivation contexts but also with distinctive socio-structural characteristics compared to couples in separate households close-by. Long distance LATs are young, spatially mobile, and highly skilled, and most frequently the living arrangement is due to labour market constraints. LATs are altogether a small population segment in late-modern societies, however, they are concentrated in metropolitan regions and cities, which points to the need of contemporary population, housing and urban studies to pay attention beyond the household to the level of living arrangements in order to understand how societal change shape urban landscapes and which role it play in transforming urban space. To be more precise, considering long distance LATs contributes, for instance, to our understanding of the relocation/residential behaviour of highly qualified couples, tenure choice behaviour, and preferences for specific dwelling features
Job-induced commuting between two residences - characteristics of a multilocational living arrangement in the late modernity
Full text linkAgainst the background of the ongoing flexibilisation of labour markets and a rising labour force participation of (highly) qualified women, job-related commuting between a main and secondary residence has become more important in Western capitalist countries as is the case in contemporary Germany. The limited number of recent empirical studies on this kind of multilocational living arrangement almost entirely focuses on commuters in couple/family households. The main objective of this article is, firstly, to provide data about the characteristics and formation contexts of job-related multilocational household organisations as a whole, in order to make a contribution to the discussion of the forms and causes of this currently important phenomenon. Secondly, by means of comparison analyses, the multilocational form of living is compared to the group of long-distance movers, in order to provide insights into who prefers commuting to migration with the complete household under which circumstances. The article draws on data of a field research study, which have been obtained from an individual based random sample from official registers of inhabitants of four metropolises in Germany. The sample was restricted to individuals with specific characteristics (in-movers, age 25 to 59). The fully structured postal interviews were complemented by qualitative telephone interviews with selected commuters. The results show that commuters are a heterogeneous group. Living in a partnership and the social connections established thereby play a prominent role for multilocational household organisations. Among male commuters, one can distinguish between those who are young, never married and predominantly childless, on the one hand, and a group of older married commuters with children in the household, on the other. The vast majority of female commuters, however, live childless. As men commute between two residences even if they live with a family, they significantly more often have a job-related secondary residence than women. Late modern characteristics of job-related multilocational living arrangements are dual earner households for male commuters and high occupational positions for female commuters. The commuting between two accommodations is strongly connected to the career entry, on the one hand, and is also important in a later occupational career phase as a partly longer-lasting period, on the other hand. It may be suggested that the rise of fix-term employment will further increase the importance of multilocational living arrangements in Late Modernity.Vor dem Hintergrund der andauernden Flexibilisierung der Arbeitsmärkte und einer steigenden (hoch-)qualifizierten Frauenerwerbstätigkeit hat das beruflich bedingte Pendeln zwischen einem Haupt- und Zweitwohnsitz in westlichen Industrieländern wie Deutschland an Bedeutung gewonnen. Die wenigen Studien über diese Art multilokaler Lebensführung beziehen sich nahezu vollständig auf Pendler/innen („Shuttles“) in Paar- bzw. Familienhaushalten. Der Artikel verfolgt das Ziel, erstens, Merkmale und Entstehungskontexte von berufsbedingten multilokalen Haushaltsorganisationen im Allgemeinen zu untersuchen und damit einen Beitrag zur aktuellen Diskussion über die Ausprägungen und Ursachen dieses gegenwärtig bedeutenden Phänomens zu leisten. Zweitens wird die multilokale Lebensform mit „traditionellen“ Fernwandernden verglichen, um Erkenntnisse darüber zu gewinnen, wer und unter welchen Umständen das berufliche Pendeln zwischen zwei Wohnsitzen einem Umzug mit dem gesamten Haushalt vorzieht. Der Beitrag bezieht sich auf Daten einer Primärerhebung, in der eine Zufallsstichprobe von Personen aus dem Einwohnermelderegister von vier deutschen Metropolen gezogen wurde. Die Grundgesamtheit ist auf Individuen mit spezifischen Merkmalen (Zuwandernde zwischen 25 bis 59 Jahren) begrenzt. Die Ergebnisse der standardisierten postalischen Befragung wurden durch qualitative Telefoninterviews mit ausgewählten Shuttles vertieft. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass es sich bei Shuttles um eine heterogene Gruppe handelt. Das Leben in einer Partnerschaft und die damit verbundenen sozialen Bindungen spielen für multilokale Haushaltsorganisationen eine entscheidende Rolle. Unter den männlichen Pendlern kann eine Gruppe junger, lediger und meist kinderloser Männer und eine Gruppe älterer, verheirateter Pendler mit Kindern im Haushalt identifiziert werden. Die große Mehrheit der weiblichen Shuttles lebt dagegen kinderlos. Weil Männer auch in einer Lebensgemeinschaft mit Kind zwischen zwei Wohnsitzen pendeln, haben sie signifikant öfter als Frauen einen berufsbedingten Zweitwohnsitz. Spätmoderne Ausprägungen beruflich bedingter multilokaler Lebensmuster sind doppelerwerbstätige Haushalte für männliche Pendler und hohe berufliche Stellungen für Pendlerinnen. Das Pendeln zwischen zwei Wohnsitzen ist einerseits mit dem Berufseinstieg eng verbunden und spielt andererseits auch in einer späteren Berufsphase für eine zum Teil länger andauernde Periode eine bedeutende Rolle. Es ist anzunehmen, dass die Bedeutungszunahme befristeter Beschäftigung zu einem Anstieg multilokaler Lebensformen in der Spätmoderne führt
Supplemental material for The subjective well-being of homeworkers across life domains
No full textSupplemental Material for The subjective well-being of homeworkers across life domains by Darja Reuschke in EPA: Economy and Space</p
Dwelling conditions and preferences in a multilocational way of life for job reasons
No full textJob-induced commuting between two residences has attracted interest from both academia and the public in recent years. However, housing issues in a multilocational way of life are barely addressed in research to date. In this paper commuters’ dwelling experiences, dwelling and residential environment preferences and non-preferences at both residences are investigated from the perspective of the individual. The data presented in this paper are based on quantitative and qualitative methods. Particular dwelling profiles of commuters at their secondary residence are derived from multivariate analyses. Concerning objective dwelling conditions and subjective dwelling preferences at the secondary residence a distinction between five types of dwelling of commuters becomes apparent: a first group who can realise their preferences for higher amenity values, (2) commuters with very small and simple dwellings and overall low dwelling needs, (3) commuters with sizeable, high standard secondary dwellings and overall high dwelling preferences, (4) commuters who cannot fulfil their dwelling preferences at the secondary residence, and (5) commuters with dwelling preferences lower than the actual dwelling conditions offer. Corresponding to the wide range of dwelling arrangements, the meanings that commuters attach to their secondary dwelling differ remarkably. The secondary dwelling is perceived by some as a working base, for others it is a place of well-being and intimacy or a second home. Dwelling conditions and preferences at the job-used secondary residence are influenced by commuting arrangement, household/family lifecycle, employment conditions, and lifestyle
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