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commuting distances. The results illustrate that graduates are drawn to prospering regions with ample job opportunities …, supposedly in order to advance their careers. They choose their places of residence so as to balance their commuting distances …
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In the process of European integration, regions close to a border are especially affected by labour market liberalisation. Using data from the IAB employment subsample (IABS) and the employment register (BeH) for the period before and after the opening of the border (1980-2001) I shed light on...
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Germany like many other European countries subsidize commuting by granting the right to deduct commuting expenses from … on urban sprawl characterized by suburbanization of residences and jobs and increasing commuting distances. …
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According to Oswald's hypothesis homeowners experience more problems in finding a new job after becoming unemployed because their moving costs are higher than those of renters. Empirical research has revealed that this effect is counteracted by the job search behavior of unemployed homeowners:...
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than singles or single-earner households. However, the commuting time of power couples is relatively short. In this paper … more connected with only the working place. Although accessibility to the workplace is still important, the amenities, that …
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commuting and migration decisions. The approach of the TIGER model is to model cross-border related transport policies on a …), distinguishing between public and private transport, and for different transport motives. Commuting trips will be modelled in detail …
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Metropolitan areas concentrate the main share of population, production and consumption in OECD countries. They are likely to be one of the most important units for economic, social and environmental analysis as well as for the development of policy strategies. However, one of the main problems...
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employment and population growth) often are located within commuting distance to urban centers (e.g. Partridge et al 2010). This … 2010). Even if this type of commuting flows are prime examples of rural-urban integration and a main way in which rural … regions may enjoy urban spread effects, there are few analyses that directly examines rural-to-urban commuting (Partridge et …
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attention to ETPs. In addition, existing studies on commuting are often based on the analysis of one specific mode of transport …. Hence, the aim of this paper is to find out whether ETPs change the commuting behaviour of workers by simultaneously … dates. Spatial econometrics techniques are then used in order to explain the modal splits at each workplace. In fact …
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different residential locations and therefore, conditional on workplace location, have different commuting patterns. Empirical … household income lead households to locate farther from their workplace - or closer. In our study, we avoid the need of using … instrumental variables to deal with endogenity of household income by observing that commuting may affect wages only when workers …
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