Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/85882 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 02-039/3
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
We develop an equilibrium job search model in which employees incur endogenous commuting costs. This model leads to the following conclusions:1.Firms partially compensate workers for the incurred commuting costs.2.When workers have more bargaining power, they will receive less compensation for the incurred commuting costs.3.The average commuting costs are an increasing function of the productivity level of the workers, but a decreasing function of the unemployment benefit level.4.Given balanced growth, the average commuting costs are proportional to the average wage in the long run.5.Given balanced growth, the average commuting time is constant in the long run, but the average commuting distance and speed are increasing over time.
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Working Paper

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