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dc.contributor.authorGutiérrez-i-Puigarnau, Evaen
dc.contributor.authorvan Ommeren, Josen
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-16-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T12:06:08Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T12:06:08Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/36111-
dc.description.abstractA new paradigm for transport economists has been established: revenues of a welfare-maximising road tax should be employed to reduce the level of a distortionary income tax. An essential modelling assumption to reach this conclusion is that the number of workdays is optimally chosen, whereas daily workhours are fixed, implying that given a road tax, workers may only reduce their commuting costs by reducing total labour supply. However, a labour supply model which also allows for optimally chosen daily hours implies that commuting costs increase daily hours, whereas the effect on total labour supply is ambiguous. This paper addresses this issue empirically by analysing the relationship between labour supply patterns and commuting distance using the socio-economic panel data for Germany between 1997 and 2007. Endogeneity of commuting distance is accounted for by using employer-induced changes in commuting distance. In line with the theoretical model developed, we find that commuting distance has a positive effect on daily hours. Our analysis does not find a negative effect of commuting distance on total labour supply, suggesting that a reduction in the income tax, as advocated in the literature, may not be necessary.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4798en
dc.subject.jelJ22en
dc.subject.jelR41en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordCommuting costen
dc.subject.keywordcongestion taxen
dc.subject.keywordlabour supplyen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsangeboten
dc.subject.stwOptimale Besteuerungen
dc.subject.stwStraßenbenutzungsgebühren
dc.subject.stwBerufsverkehren
dc.subject.stwBottlenecken
dc.subject.stwSoziale Kostenen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleLabour supply and commuting-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn621208264en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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