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 …

whether the commute has a positive effect on worker’s absenteeism. Our estimates for Germany indicate that commuting distance …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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. …

evolution of regional labour markets. Based on an extensive data set (cross-section) on commuting flows in Germany, this paper …

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 …

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 …