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Metropolitan areas concentrate the main share of population, production and consumption in OECD countries. They are likely to be 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 that...
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jurisdictions. Fiercer competition due to a higher number of jurisdictions intensifies this race-to-the-top; commuting costs …
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jurisdictions. Fiercer competition due to a higher number of jurisdictions intensifies this race-to-the-top; whereas commuting costs …
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workers distributed between them. We introduce commuting costs and search-matching frictions to deal with the spatial mismatch …
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This paper analyses the skill and age structure of commuters in 14 EU countries. Theory implies that commuters can be either more or less able than stayers, but are always less able and older than migrants. Empirically, all types of commuters are younger and have higher education than region...
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local and regional levels. Focusing especially on uncertainty with respect to the evolution of commuting costs, a model is … workplace and residence. Results indicate that higher uncertainty about commuting costs increases the number of residentially …. This also means that individuals initially commuting between residence and workplace remain in this mobility mode despite …
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The concept of an urban growth wave expanding outwards is used to examine the commuting characteristics of residents of …. The results show that not only do areas of recent housing booms have longer commuting times and differing socioeconomic … characteristics than older parts of the cities, but this commuting time will subside as these areas age (although average commuting …
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This paper offers an exploratory investigation of the effects of inbound commuter flows on employment in regional labour markets in Germany. For this purpose, the paper distinguishes three main channels that may transmit the effects concerned: a crowding-out mechanism and two labour demand...
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Commuting is one of the main contributors to the high energy consumption patterns in modern economies. The need to … reduce the energy spent in commuting has attracted the attention of academics and policy makers. The main goal of this …-municipality commuting and to support policy-oriented strategies that explicitly take them into account. For this, we use hypothetical …
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modelling framework to assess social, economic, energy and environmental impacts of changes in urban forms and commuting …, environment and mobility issues, in order to assess the (direct, indirect and induced) multidimensional effects of commuting felt … commute to other regions, and the ones who are real estate owners. Finally, the model will comprise a commuting satellite …
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