Jacob, N., Munford, L., Rice, N. et al. (1 more author) (2019) The disutility of commuting? The effect of gender and local labor markets. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 77. pp. 264-275. ISSN 0166-0462
Abstract
Standard economic theory postulates that commuting is a choice behavior undertaken when compensated through either lower rents or greater amenities in the housing market or through higher wages in the labor market. By exploiting exogenous shocks to commuting time, this paper investigates the impact on well-being of increased commuting. Ceteris paribus, exogenous increases in commuting time are expected to lower well-being. We find this holds for women but not men. This phenomenon can be explained, in part, by the different labor markets in which women operate. Where local labor markets are thin, women report significantly lower well-being when faced with an increased commute. This does not hold for tight local labor markets. Further our findings reveal that it is full-time working women in the managerial and professional tier of the occupational hierarchy who are most affected. These results suggest that the policy solution for reducing the adverse effects of commuting may require changes to labor market institutions rather than changes to transport policy.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Crown Copyright © 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Commuting; Exogenous shocks; Well-being; Panel data econometrics |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jun 2019 09:08 |
Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2019 14:25 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2019.06.001 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:146900 |