Number of Nashvillians working from home soars
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
More Nashville-area residents are choosing to work from home at atime when the job market is getting tighter. Davidson County saw a54 percent increase to 14,990 people working at home from 2006 to2007, outpacing the nation's growth as well as that of comparable cities such as Charlotte, N.C., according to U.S. Census data.
The growth spurt was probably boosted in small measure by musicians working out of their homes rather than going to a largerstudio, said Dr. Patrick Raines, dean of Belmont University's Collegeof Business Administration and professor of economics.
In addition, businesses that outsource work to at-home workers are often able to trim office expenses, and that may be another factor driving the trend here. Those who work at home have a variety of reasons...
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