Wages and Commuting: Quasi-natural Experiments' Evidence from Firms that Relocate

Ismir Mulalic; Ninette Pilegaard; Jos N. Van Ommeren

Wages and Commuting: Quasi-natural Experiments' Evidence from Firms that Relocate

Ismir Mulalic, Ninette Pilegaard, Jos N. Van Ommeren

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Abstract

We examine the causal effect of commuting distance on workers' wages in a quasi-natural experiments setting using information on all workers in Denmark. We account for endogeneity of distance by using changes in distance that are due to firms’ relocations. A one kilometre increase in commuting distance induces a wage increase of about 0.42%, suggesting an hourly commuting time compensation of 49% of the hourly net wage. Our findings are consistent with wage bargaining theory and due to the experimental setup we are able to exclude many competing explanations of the wage-distance relationship.

Original language	English
Publication date	2010
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	The 5th Kuhmo-Nectar Conference 2010 - University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain Duration: 5 Jul 2010 → 9 Jul 2010 Conference number: 5

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Conference	The 5th Kuhmo-Nectar Conference 2010
Number	5
Location	University of Valencia
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Valencia
Period	05/07/2010 → 09/07/2010

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