The effect of search imperfections on commuting behaviour: Evidence from employed and self-employed workers

Ommeren, Jos van; Straaten, J.W. van der

doi:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2008.01.008

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“…Employees are found to have higher chances to commute across regions compared to self-employed workers, in line with the literature (van Ommeren & van der Straaten, 2008), while family workers do not show significant differences. As expected, the longer is the job tenure, the lower is the probability to commute across regions, due to the accumulation of firm-specific human capital as well as Note.…”

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“…Self-employed workers have great flexibility in working hours and workplace location, and they seem to take advantage both of higher-amenity residence locations and of opportunities to work closer to home or to start their business from home (Van Ommeren & van der Straaten, 2008). Self-employed workers have great flexibility in working hours and workplace location, and they seem to take advantage both of higher-amenity residence locations and of opportunities to work closer to home or to start their business from home (Van Ommeren & van der Straaten, 2008).…”

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The role of job uncertainty in inter‐regional commuting: The case of Italy

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2019

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This paper studies the evolution of the determinants of inter‐regional commuting in Italy in the period 1992–2016, during which the labour market has been significantly reformed. To capture the changes in commuting patterns, the analysis of the role of individual, job, firm, and regional characteristics is performed. Specifically, the focus is on the impact of job uncertainty at both micro and macro level, through the analysis of the way the diffusion of temporary contracts has affected the decision to commute for work. The findings suggest that in more recent years workers hired on a temporary contract are more likely to commute to another region. Moreover, the higher the relative share of temporary contracts in the region of residence, the higher the probability of commuting across regions. These findings support the idea that the strong utilisation of (short) temporary contracts represents a push factor, which drives workers away in search of better job opportunities, with potentially negative consequences for poorly performing regions.

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The role of job uncertainty in inter‐regional commuting: The case of Italy

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Tealdi

2019

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“…the phenomenon that actual commuting is substantially larger than the amount of commuting that would be optimal given the spatial distribution of the quality of housing and jobs. Van Ommeren and Van der Straaten (2008) estimate that excess commuting due to search imperfections account for about half of total commuting. Because of imperfect information regarding all available jobs, workers will regularly accept a job at a certain location that does not optimize their wage and commuting costs, because they do not know if and when better job offers will arrive.…”

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The Educational Bias in Commuting Patterns: Micro-Evidence for the Netherlands

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2012

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“…People's choices are also constrained by the market information available (Van Ommeren and Van der Straaten, 2008). In the literature, the ratio between the actual commute and the minimum commute is called excess commute.…”

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