We study migration and commuting among participants in labour market programmes and individuals in open unemployment … than the openly unemployed. In this case, this is due to the relatively higher probability of commuting that predominates … entity, we find interregional commuting to be relatively more important than migration as a means of geographical labour …

Employing a standard matching unemployment model extended by within-labor-market-regions commuting, this paper analyzes … the tradeoff between commuting costs and unemployment. Depending on whether commuters are able to bargain for fringe … the willingness to out-commute. -- Unemployment ; matching ; commuting ; search ; labor market policy …