Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245679 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14628
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines the consequences of the commuter transport revolution on working class labour markets in 1930s London. The ability to commute alleviated urban crowding and increased workers’ choice of potential employers. Using GIS-based data constructed from the New Survey of London Life and Labour, we examine the extent of commuting and estimate the earnings returns to commuting. We obtain a lower-bound estimate of two percent increase in earnings per kilometer travelled. We also show that commuting was an important contributor to improving quality of life in the early-twentieth century.
Subjects: 
public transportation
New Survey of London Life and Labour
GIS
earnings
JEL: 
N94
J39
N34
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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