Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322951 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
U.S.E. Discussion Papers Series No. 16-10
Publisher: 
Utrecht University, Utrecht School of Economics, Tjalling C. Koopmans Research Institute, Utrecht
Abstract: 
This paper examines the importance of the housing market for workers who have become displaced. We used Dutch administrative data, which were analysed with a quasi-experimental empirical design. The estimates indicate that displaced workers experience an increase in commute and decrease in moving home, employment and wage. Furthermore, these patterns change across time – the evidence suggests that workers who have longer unemployment duration prefer lower gains in commute to higher losses in wage. Finally, the worker-specific housing state has a substantial effect on the costs of job displacement, which is comparable to the effects of various demographic and job characteristics.
Subjects: 
Housing
Unemployment
Wages
Commuting
Mobility
Worker Characteristics
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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