Excess commuting and frictions in the labor market

We propose a model of excess commuting based on search costs in the labor market and show how the equilibrium rate of excess commuting is determined by the degree of geographical job concentration – without neglecting the importance of the size of the labor market and commuting costs. We test – and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nick Deschacht, Karolien De Bruyne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Economics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15140326.2020.1812476