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The workers' marginal costs of commuting Fosgerau, Mogens ; Ommeren, Jos van

By: Contributor(s): Series: MPRA paper ; 12010Publication details: München Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2008Description: 39 sSubject(s): Online resources: Notes: Published in: Journal of Urban Economics 1 65 (2008): pp. 38-47 Abstract: This paper applies a dynamic search model to estimate workers' marginal costs of commuting, including monetary and time costs. Using data on workers' job search activity as well as moving behaviour, for the Netherlands, the authors provide evidence that, on average, workers' marginal costs of one hour of commuting are about 17 euro.
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Published in: Journal of Urban Economics 1 65 (2008): pp. 38-47

This paper applies a dynamic search model to estimate workers' marginal costs of commuting, including monetary and time costs. Using data on workers' job search activity as well as moving behaviour, for the Netherlands, the authors provide evidence that, on average, workers' marginal costs of one hour of commuting are about 17 euro.