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The impact of accessibility on labor earnings Isacsson, Gunnar ; Börjesson, Maria ; Andersson, Matts ; Anderstig, Christer

By: Contributor(s): Series: Working papers in Transport Economics ; 2015:18Publication details: Stockholm Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm, 2015; VTI, ; KTH Royal Institute of Technology, ; S-WoPEc, Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics, Description: 22 sSubject(s): Online resources: Abstract: We estimate the impact of job accessibility on wage earnings using micro-level data including all workers in the greater Stockholm region at two points in time 11 years apart. We control for both zone-specific and individual-specific fixed effects by separating workers who have changed zone of residence and those who have stayed. The accessibility is derived from the national transport model, taking into account consumer behavior and preferences for all travel modes and travel time components. A novel instrumental variable based on the temporal changes in job accessibility resulting from transport system improvements over the 11 years is applied. The elasticity of accessibility defined from the worker’s place of residence is estimated at 0.007. The elasticity of wage earnings with respect to job accessibility at the work place is only significant for workers moving work place and for those estimated at 0.036.
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We estimate the impact of job accessibility on wage earnings using micro-level data including all workers in the greater Stockholm region at two points in time 11 years apart. We control for both zone-specific and individual-specific fixed effects by separating workers who have changed zone of residence and those who have stayed. The accessibility is derived from the national transport model, taking into account consumer behavior and preferences for all travel modes and travel time components. A novel instrumental variable based on the temporal changes in job accessibility resulting from transport system improvements over the 11 years is applied. The elasticity of accessibility defined from the worker’s place of residence is estimated at 0.007. The elasticity of wage earnings with respect to job accessibility at the work place is only significant for workers moving work place and for those estimated at 0.036.