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 …

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 …

commuting distance has a limited effect on job mobility, that there is no evidence for the existence of a critical commuting …