A search model of the labor market is augmented to include commuting time to work. The theory posits that wages are … selection will bias downward the wage impact of commuting, and marginally affect the coefficients on education, age and gender … bargaining power of women with young children is essentially zero. -- Commuting ; search model ; simultaneous equations …

commuting costs the effect of housing frictions plays a large role and can generate a substantial decline in mobility. We show … ; housing market imperfections ; labor search frictions ; commuting costs …

Commuting shapes countless everyday-lives around the world, with dynamics varying from city to regional and cross … instance, the perceived commuting distance significantly depends on the time needed to reach the corresponding workplace and … commuting outflow. A similar impact is found with respect to housing costs, that is the cheaper is the relative house price of …

In this paper we study the effects of Switzerland implementing the Schengen agreement on cross-border commuting from … granted freedom to cross borders away from fixed checkpoints, commuting costs are severely reduced. Using data from the …