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In this paper, we derive a structural model for commuting speed. We presume that commuting speed is chosen to minimise … commuting costs, which encompass both monetary and time costs. At faster speed levels, the monetary costs increase, but the time … costs fall. Using data from Great Britain, we demonstrate that the income elasticity of commuting speed is 0.126. The ratio …
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whether the commute has a positive effect on worker’s absenteeism. Our estimates for Germany indicate that commuting distance …
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Reimbursement of commuting costs by employers has attracted little attention from economists. We develop a theoretical … frictions and show that partial reimbursement of commuting cost will in general be an element of the recruitment policy. The … alternative explanation that stresses the role of tax incentives is unlikely to provide a full explanation of the commuting costs …
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In this paper we determine the effect of transport cost on commuting flows, on the basis of an analysis of home … of commuting reaches a value of –4 for distances around 24 km, while it is close to 0 for both very short and very long … predictions concerning the effect of infrastructure improvements on commuting flows. …
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study of commuting behavior. This is illustrated by showing that introduction of a spatial element into the standard model … decentralized employment the spatial search model predicts excess commuting. Search theory also suggests that regression towards the …
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In this paper we analyse the commuting distribution from a job search perspective. We have examined under which … conditions the commuting distribution is unimodal which is one of the stylised facts of commuting. It appears that a necessary … commuting density function as we observe it. …
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evolution of regional labour markets. Based on an extensive data set (cross-section) on commuting flows in Germany, this paper …
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to pay for reducing commuting distance is about euro 0.25 per kilometre travelled. This corresponds to a marginal … willingness to pay for reducing commuting time of about 75% of the net average hourly wage. For females, the willingness to pay is …
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There is little known about the effects of staggered-hours programs that affect workers' working schedules to mitigate peak congestion. We examine the effect of workers' morning start times on their wages for Germany. In contrast to previous work based on cross-section data, we demonstrate that...
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We examine the causal effect of commuting distance on workers' wages in a quasi-natural experiments setting using …' relocations. For the range of commuting distances where income tax reductions associated with commuting do not apply, one … kilometre increase in commuting distance induces a wage increase of about 0.42%, suggesting an hourly compensation of about half …
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