Time Banks as an Example of Collaborative Economy

Abstract

In recent decades we have witnessed the growth of a series of activities that are part of a new vision of the economy. We refer to the collaborative economy, extending its areas of action projects arising in different aspects. Within these areas we will focus on the banks of time, an initiative that has been consolidated in recent years, partly because of the situation of sustained global economic crisis. With time bank, citizens can achieve a number of benefits while covering part of their basic needs. Thus, we can say that shows economic benefits, both for the consumer who receives a service at a low price or free as part of the producer who provides the service. We also found emotional benefits users. The quantitative technique and the online questionnaire was used.