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 analyse the commuting distribution from a job search perspective.We have examined under which … conditions the commuting distribution is unimodal which isone of the stylised facts of commuting. It appears that a necessary … commuting density function as we observe it. …

In this paper, we derive a structural model for commuting speed. We presumethat commuting speed is chosen to minimise … commuting costs, which encompass bothmonetary and time costs. At faster speed levels, the monetary costs increase, but the …

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

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 …

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 …

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

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 ambiguous …. This paper addresses this issue empirically by analysing the relationship between labour supply patterns and commuting …

commuting trips in the entire Netherlands. Weather measurements are local and time specific (hourly basis). As most commuters … areas (and up to 15 percent of the overall commuting costs) …

estimating the marginal willingness of employed workers to pay for commuting, using Dutch longitudinal data. The average … willingness to pay for one hour commuting is estimated to equal almost half of the hourly wage rate …