The paper proposes an econometric approach for quantifying jointly the geographical scope of commuting as well as the various forms of agglomeration economies originating from metropolitan centers. Adopting an urban economics perspective, and using land prices to measure their aggregate effects,...

A new paradigm for transport economists has been established: revenues of a welfare-maximising road tax should be employed to reduce the level of a distortionary income tax. An essential modelling assumption to reach this conclusion is that the number of workdays is optimally chosen, whereas...

A search model of the labor market is augmented to include commuting time to work. The theory posits that wages are positively related to commute distance, by a factor itself depending negatively on the bargaining power of workers. Since not all combinations of distance and wages are accepted,...

Arbeiten und Wohnen fallen zunehmend räumlich auseinander. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht diesbezüglich das Pendlerverhalten in Sachsen im Zeitraum 1997-2007. Dabei wird gezeigt, dass sowohl ein größerer Anteil der Beschäftigten den Wohnort zum Arbeiten verlässt als auch die...