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We describe an unsupervised method for delineating functional labour market areas (LMAs) in national commuting networks … classification stabilities. We demonstrate our method using historical Census commuting data from New Zealand. …
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waiting, £8.4 ($10.5) per hour of commuting, and £17.2 ($21.5) per hour of waiting during commuting (e.g. due to congestion …
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Commuting is a significant aspect of workers' daily routines and is associated with various negative outcomes …. Traditional literature often models commuting from an urban perspective, focusing on the trade-off between commuting and housing … of couples' commuting, wages, labor supply, and consumption. Using data from the PSID for the years 2011-2019, results …
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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 … impact of commute time on job acceptance decisions. We also use the theory to calculate the bargaining power of workers which …
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This paper provides a simple theory of geographical mobility which simultaneously explains people’s choice of … of production which seeks to obtain the highest possible economic return. Our theory comprehends applications to … commuting and physical capital mobility. Referring to the decline in mobility costs, we are able to explain that long …
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and commuting costs because firms need to compensate the transportation cost difference between the employed and …
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. They reside in a city and commuting to the job center involves both pecuniary and time costs. Thus, workers with high wages … are willing to live closer to jobs to save on time commuting costs. We show that, in equilibrium, there is a one … commuting costs and land rent create additional frictions in the labor market. …
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Recent theoretical work has examined the spatial distribution of unemployment using the efficiency wage model as the mechanism by which unemployment arises in the urban economy. This paper extends the standard efficiency wage model in order to allow for behavioral substitution between leisure...
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only reduce their commuting costs by reducing total labour supply. However, a labour supply model which also allows for … optimally chosen daily hours implies that commuting costs increase daily hours, whereas the effect on total labour supply is … commuting distance using the socio-economic panel data for Germany between 1997 and 2007. Endogeneity of commuting distance is …
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This paper establishes a simple theoretical framework which comprises key forces that shape the structure and interrelation of cities to study the interdependencies between urban evolution and the environment. We focus on the potential of the unfettered market forces to economize on emissions. A...
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