We investigate the causal effect of commuting on sickness absence from work using German panel data. To address reverse … causation, we use changes in commuting distance for employees who stay with the same employer and who have the same residence … during the period of observation. In contrast to previous papers, we do not observe that commuting distances are associated …

We investigate the causal effect of commuting on sickness absence from work using German panel data. To address reverse … causation, we use changes in commuting distance for employees who stay with the same employer and who have the same residence … during the period of observation. In contrast to previous papers, we do not observe that commuting distances are associated …

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 …

different residential locations and therefore, conditional on workplace location, have different commuting patterns. Empirical … instrumental variables to deal with endogenity of household income by observing that commuting may affect wages only when workers …-term effects, and avoid that due to the presence of residential moving costs, few workers immediately change commuting distance by …

prices. Using a panel of bilateral commuting flows, I estimate a quantitative spatial general equilibrium model to quantify … the welfare benefits of urban rail transit and distinguish the benefits of reduced commuting frictions from other channels …. The subway causes a 7%-13% increase in commuting between pairs of connected tracts; I select plausible control pairs using …

Spatial wage differences other incentives to change the location of work either by commuting or by moving to the new … change due to commuting or moving, I study how spatial urban-fringe productivity differences and labor mobility shape optimal … redistribution under tax deduction of commuting expenses. My study underlines the significance of the tax system for local labour …