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Wage variations and commuting distance
[Variations salariales et distance domicile-travail]

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  • El-Mehdi Aboulkacem

    (AME-SPLOTT - Systèmes Productifs, Logistique, Organisation des Transports et Travail - Université Gustave Eiffel)

  • Clément Nedoncelle

    (UMR PSAE - Paris-Saclay Applied Economics - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

Abstract

We estimate the causal impact of wage variations on commuting distance of workers. We test whether higher wages across years lead workers to live further away from their working place. We use employer–employee data for the French Ile-de-France region (surrounding Paris), from 2003 to 2008, and we deal with the endogenous relation between income and commuting using an instrumental variable strategy. We estimate that increases in wages coming from exogenous exposure to trade activities lead workers to increase their commuting distance and to settle closer to the city of Paris historical center. Our results cast novel insights upon the causal mechanisms from wage to spatial allocation of workers.

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  • El-Mehdi Aboulkacem & Clément Nedoncelle, 2022. "Wage variations and commuting distance [Variations salariales et distance domicile-travail]," Post-Print hal-03714540, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03714540
    DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbac014
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    Communiting; Distance;

    JEL classification:

    • R2 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis
    • R4 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics
    • F6 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization

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