This paper shows that in the Baltic countries, commuting reduces urban-rural wage and employment disparities and … increases national output. To quantify the effect of commuting on wage differentials, two sets of earnings functions are … rural areas, as well as between capital and other cities is significantly narrowed by commuting in some cases but remains …

examine search behaviour in the U.S. and the Netherlands. We provide estimates of workers' willingness to pay for a wide range …