commuting policy that liberalized cross-border labor markets between Switzerland and the EU. The reform was implemented at a …. Identification rests on exogenous regional variation in treatment intensities based on commuting times. The results show that …

The paper proposes an econometric approach for quantifying jointly the geographical scope of commuting as well as the … using land prices to measure their aggregate effects, the approach estimates the geographical reach of commuting and urban … areas may be larger than suggested by MSA classifications based on commuting only. Metropolitan subcenters are found to …

show that strongly localized knowledge spillovers, skilled labor abundance, and low commuting costs are key drivers for a …